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Worlds of food : place, power, and provenance in the food chain /
Drawing on theories of multi-level governance, three leading scholars in the field explore the geo-politics of the food chain in different spatial arenas: the World Trade Organization, where free trade principles clash with fair trade concerns in the debate about agricultural reform; the European Un...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Drawing on theories of multi-level governance, three leading scholars in the field explore the geo-politics of the food chain in different spatial arenas: the World Trade Organization, where free trade principles clash with fair trade concerns in the debate about agricultural reform; the European Union, where producers are under pressure from environmentalists for a more traceable and sustainable food system; and the US, where there is a striking contradiction between the rhetoric of free markets and the reality of a heavily subsidized farming sector. To understand the local impact of these global trends, the authors explore three different regional worlds of food: the traditional world of localized quality in Tuscany, the peripheral world of commodity production in Wales, and the frontier world of agri-business in California. --From publisher's description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191556623 0191556629 1280757760 9781280757761 0199542287 9780199542284 9786610757763 6610757763 |