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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... tion and to attempts to increase our comprehension of the related social dy- namics that affect many people's everyday lives when they produce , proc- ess , sell or consume food . OUTLINE This book can be divided in two parts ...
... tion and to attempts to increase our comprehension of the related social dy- namics that affect many people's everyday lives when they produce , proc- ess , sell or consume food . OUTLINE This book can be divided in two parts ...
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... tion , food risks and food consumption is reviewed in Chapter 2 in order to position this study in the wider field of social analysis of food production and consumption and to identify the key challenges facing conventional na- tion ...
... tion , food risks and food consumption is reviewed in Chapter 2 in order to position this study in the wider field of social analysis of food production and consumption and to identify the key challenges facing conventional na- tion ...
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... tion of agricultural production usually leads to environmental degradation . [ However ] , in most developing countries too little intensification is a major cause of natural resource degradation , as desperately poor farmers mine soil ...
... tion of agricultural production usually leads to environmental degradation . [ However ] , in most developing countries too little intensification is a major cause of natural resource degradation , as desperately poor farmers mine soil ...
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... tion for the EU ( Keuringsdienst van Waren , 2005 ) . These numbers are infinitesimal in comparison to the total quantities of these produces that are traded and consumed annu- ally . 16. See Maxwell and Slater ( 2003 ) for an ...
... tion for the EU ( Keuringsdienst van Waren , 2005 ) . These numbers are infinitesimal in comparison to the total quantities of these produces that are traded and consumed annu- ally . 16. See Maxwell and Slater ( 2003 ) for an ...
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... tion in the 1950s because contemporary societies have witnessed several fundamental changes . These transitions are reflected within the social sci- ences . Societies in this so - called ' second modernity ' can no longer be un ...
... tion in the 1950s because contemporary societies have witnessed several fundamental changes . These transitions are reflected within the social sci- ences . Societies in this so - called ' second modernity ' can no longer be un ...
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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