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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... practices have altered continuously over the years . Recently the magnitude of international food trade as well as its structure is again undergoing fundamental changes . Over the last decades , the growth in the volume of the world ...
... practices have altered continuously over the years . Recently the magnitude of international food trade as well as its structure is again undergoing fundamental changes . Over the last decades , the growth in the volume of the world ...
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... practices . Very different kinds of environmental problems have raised public con- cerns during the last 30-40 years repeatedly resulting in changing food pro- duction and consumption routines . Some of these concerns are directly re ...
... practices . Very different kinds of environmental problems have raised public con- cerns during the last 30-40 years repeatedly resulting in changing food pro- duction and consumption routines . Some of these concerns are directly re ...
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... practices of animal husbandry , all seem to intensify in the context of global food trade and to challenge the existing governmental regulations dealing with food production and consumption . Not only new problems and concerns about ...
... practices of animal husbandry , all seem to intensify in the context of global food trade and to challenge the existing governmental regulations dealing with food production and consumption . Not only new problems and concerns about ...
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... practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of governance replaced them completely ? Alternatively , can they still perform essential roles on the condition that they are supplemented by ...
... practices are no longer capable of adequately dealing with food concerns , should other forms of governance replaced them completely ? Alternatively , can they still perform essential roles on the condition that they are supplemented by ...
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... 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 second part , covering chapters 5-8 , will ...
... 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 second part , covering chapters 5-8 , will ...
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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