Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption: Issues and ChallengesEdward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 294 pages The provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and emerging food risks and to environmental concerns. This book examines these challenges. |
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... Innovative food governance arrangements , currently in the making , are meant to supplement or replace existing national governmental regulations addressing food - related environmental and health concerns . However , many aspects of ...
... Innovative food governance arrangements , currently in the making , are meant to supplement or replace existing national governmental regulations addressing food - related environmental and health concerns . However , many aspects of ...
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... innovative thinking in social theory . In particular , Manuel Castells ' concept of ' the global network society ' and John Urry's notion of ' global complexity ' seem promising tools to grasp some of this new phenomenon's relevance ...
... innovative thinking in social theory . In particular , Manuel Castells ' concept of ' the global network society ' and John Urry's notion of ' global complexity ' seem promising tools to grasp some of this new phenomenon's relevance ...
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... innovative governance ar- rangements and practices . Chapter 7 analyses aquaculture because this way of producing fish for an increasing demand on the global market has given rise to serious public concerns about its environmental and ...
... innovative governance ar- rangements and practices . Chapter 7 analyses aquaculture because this way of producing fish for an increasing demand on the global market has given rise to serious public concerns about its environmental and ...
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... innovations from private firms as aimed at further disciplining producers , suppliers , workers and consumers when agro - food net- works become ever more transnationally dispersed . These standards not only define prod- uct attributes ...
... innovations from private firms as aimed at further disciplining producers , suppliers , workers and consumers when agro - food net- works become ever more transnationally dispersed . These standards not only define prod- uct attributes ...
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... innovative governance arrangements , which will be our task in the next chapters . CONVENTIONAL FOOD GOVERNANCE Conventional , or simple modern , governance of food is based essentially on the assignment of strictly separated tasks and ...
... innovative governance arrangements , which will be our task in the next chapters . CONVENTIONAL FOOD GOVERNANCE Conventional , or simple modern , governance of food is based essentially on the assignment of strictly separated tasks and ...
Contents
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a conceptual framework | 41 |
4 Governments and the governance of food | 63 |
reflexive modernity and the BSE crisis | 81 |
6 Governing genetically modified food in the global network society | 111 |
7 Turning blue into green? | 147 |
labelling as new arrangements? | 193 |
9 Conclusions | 222 |
References | 236 |
The most important arguments used by proponents and opponents of GM foods | 274 |
The international environmental instruments influencing fisheries | 276 |
Index | 278 |
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