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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... scientific reflection on one of the most challenging questions in contemporary societies : ' how to organise the provisioning of safe food in a sustainable manner ' . This book is based on a PhD thesis , defended at Wageningen ...
... scientific reflection on one of the most challenging questions in contemporary societies : ' how to organise the provisioning of safe food in a sustainable manner ' . This book is based on a PhD thesis , defended at Wageningen ...
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... scientific arguments , public interest and citizen participation in the decision - making practices de- veloped through different innovative governance arrangements ? In addition , can different concerns ( environmental , health ...
... scientific arguments , public interest and citizen participation in the decision - making practices de- veloped through different innovative governance arrangements ? In addition , can different concerns ( environmental , health ...
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... scientific research . The objective of this chapter is to compare the public debate and the official regulation of GM food in the US with the situation in Europe . This comparison will pro- vide particular insights into the tensions ...
... scientific research . The objective of this chapter is to compare the public debate and the official regulation of GM food in the US with the situation in Europe . This comparison will pro- vide particular insights into the tensions ...
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... scientific and technological progress re- sulted in a growing governmental capacity to determine food safety and to translate scientific knowledge into concrete regulations . An effect of this development was a tremendous increase in ...
... scientific and technological progress re- sulted in a growing governmental capacity to determine food safety and to translate scientific knowledge into concrete regulations . An effect of this development was a tremendous increase in ...
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... scientific disciplines as well . Natural sciences are supposed to examine the relation- ships between causes and effects in case of particular hazards and predict the possible health and environmental consequences . Social sciences are ...
... scientific disciplines as well . Natural sciences are supposed to examine the relation- ships between causes and effects in case of particular hazards and predict the possible health and environmental consequences . Social sciences are ...
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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