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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... problems associated with the organisation of con- temporary food production and consumption ( particularly environmental and health ) are conceptualised and regulated . Before presenting the central questions to be addressed in this ...
... problems associated with the organisation of con- temporary food production and consumption ( particularly environmental and health ) are conceptualised and regulated . Before presenting the central questions to be addressed in this ...
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... problems and food safety concerns have contributed to sometimes intensive public debates about the global provisioning of food and are used to justify proposals for radical reforms in food policies and practices . Very different kinds ...
... problems and food safety concerns have contributed to sometimes intensive public debates about the global provisioning of food and are used to justify proposals for radical reforms in food policies and practices . Very different kinds ...
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... problems . The conventional nation - state - based regulation of food risks seems no longer able to deal adequately with the newly emerging consumer concerns . Until recently , the recommendations from natural science research seemed to ...
... problems . The conventional nation - state - based regulation of food risks seems no longer able to deal adequately with the newly emerging consumer concerns . Until recently , the recommendations from natural science research seemed to ...
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... , statistics database ( http://apps.fao.org ) . At the same time , the persistent problem of hunger in many ( particularly African ) coun- tries should not be ignored ( Gupta , 2004 ) . 5 . 6 . 7 . McMichael ( 2000 ) Introduction 11.
... , statistics database ( http://apps.fao.org ) . At the same time , the persistent problem of hunger in many ( particularly African ) coun- tries should not be ignored ( Gupta , 2004 ) . 5 . 6 . 7 . McMichael ( 2000 ) Introduction 11.
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... problems because of their decisions on packaging food in supermarkets and because they decide to transport food products from all over the globe . Nevertheless , they can also become a potential lev- erage for changes in agri - food ...
... problems because of their decisions on packaging food in supermarkets and because they decide to transport food products from all over the globe . Nevertheless , they can also become a potential lev- erage for changes in agri - food ...
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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