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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... institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this regulatory regime under se- vere pressure because harmonisation of different national regulations is necessary to facilitate global trade . At the same time , this ...
... institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this regulatory regime under se- vere pressure because harmonisation of different national regulations is necessary to facilitate global trade . At the same time , this ...
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... institutional 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 ...
... institutional 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 ...
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... institutions ( Braithwaite and Drahos , 2000 ; Atkins and Bowler , 2001 ; Buuren et al . , 2004 ) . 1 Governments in Western countries determined the acceptable composition of foodstuffs as required by law and different local and ...
... institutions ( Braithwaite and Drahos , 2000 ; Atkins and Bowler , 2001 ; Buuren et al . , 2004 ) . 1 Governments in Western countries determined the acceptable composition of foodstuffs as required by law and different local and ...
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... institutions outside the national states forced them to collaborate pragmatically at the transnational level to solve those problems that go beyond individual nation - states . Inter- national institutions , or regimes , were ...
... institutions outside the national states forced them to collaborate pragmatically at the transnational level to solve those problems that go beyond individual nation - states . Inter- national institutions , or regimes , were ...
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... institutions as well as private companies . In addition , ' many non - governmental organisations ( NGOs ) , businesses , and communities are playing important roles in the emergence of global environmental governance as we know it ...
... institutions as well as private companies . In addition , ' many non - governmental organisations ( NGOs ) , businesses , and communities are playing important roles in the emergence of global environmental governance as we know it ...
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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