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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... nation - state - based regulation adequately deal with these environmental and food safety risks in the changing circumstances ? Alternatively , are alterna- tive instruments required to address the previously unknown food risks that ...
... nation - state - based regulation adequately deal with these environmental and food safety risks in the changing circumstances ? Alternatively , are alterna- tive instruments required to address the previously unknown food risks that ...
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... nation - state governments , sometimes supplemented with international agreements . National laws and regulations were introduced and implemented in combination with institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this ...
... nation - state governments , sometimes supplemented with international agreements . National laws and regulations were introduced and implemented in combination with institutions for su- pervision and control . Globalisation puts this ...
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... nation - state be understood within the context of globalisation ? In ad- dition , if conventional nation - state - based regulatory practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of ...
... nation - state be understood within the context of globalisation ? In ad- dition , if conventional nation - state - based regulatory practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of ...
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... nation - state- based governmental regulatory practices . Therefore , Chapter 4 will offer background information about existing government - based regulations of food , both at national and international ( EU and WTO ) levels . The ...
... nation - state- based governmental regulatory practices . Therefore , Chapter 4 will offer background information about existing government - based regulations of food , both at national and international ( EU and WTO ) levels . The ...
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... nation - state au- thorities attempting to deal with these concerns are discussed whereby par- ticular attention is given to the extent to which they involve consumers . The final case study deals with the labelling of food and forms ...
... nation - state au- thorities attempting to deal with these concerns are discussed whereby par- ticular attention is given to the extent to which they involve consumers . The final case study deals with the labelling of food and forms ...
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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