| Description |
xv, 208 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge advances in sociology |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; 17
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| Contents |
Introduction: globalization and agricultural governance / Vaughan Higgins and Geoffrey Lawrence -- Globalization and global governance / Emelie Peine and Philip McMichael -- Reshaping the state: global/local networks of association and the governing of agricultural production / Lynda Cheshire and Geoffrey Lawrence -- Rural development and agri-food governing in Europe: tracing the development of alternatives / Terry Marsden and Roberta Sonnino -- Reshaping the agrifood system: the role of standards, standard makers, and third-party certifiers / Carmen Bain, B. James Deaton and Lawrence Busch -- Disciplining the organic commodity / Hugh Campbell and Annie Stuart -- Governing conflicts over sustainability: agricultural biotechnology in Europe / Les Levidow -- Governing agriculture through the managerial capacities of farmers: the role of calculation / Vaughan Higgins -- Sustainability and agri-environmental governance / Jacqui Dibden and Chris Cocklin -- Governing consumption: mobilizing "the consumer" within genetically-modified and organic food networks / Stewart Lockie and Nell Salem -- Animals and ambivalence: governing farm animal welfare in the European food sector / Mara Miele, Jonathon Murdoch and Emma Roe -- Expertise and the calculability of agri-food risks / Richard Le Heron.000000000000 |
| Summary |
This volume shows how globalisation has opened up a new regulatory politics in which increasingly, non-political sites, spaces and agents play an increasingly influential role in shaping agricultural production and consumption. Authors from University of Queensland |
| Analysis |
Agricultural industries |
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Case studies |
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Genetically modified crops |
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Genetically modified food |
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Globalisation |
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Government regulation |
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International cooperation |
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Organic farming |
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Organic food |
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World Trade Organisation |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Postgraduate |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural administration.
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Agriculture and state.
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Globalization.
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| Author |
Higgins, Vaughan, 1974-
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Lawrence, Geoffrey.
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| LC no. |
2004030636 |
| ISBN |
0415352290 (hbk.) |
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