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UNINA9910778058403321 |
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Corporate power in global agrifood governance / / edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-30971-8 |
9786612240126 |
1-282-24012-9 |
0-262-25550-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Food, health, and the environment |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ClappJennifer <1963-> |
FuchsDoris A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Farm produce - Marketing |
Agricultural industries |
International business enterprises |
Globalization |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Foreword; Contributors; List of Acronyms; 1 Agrifood Corporations, Global Governance, and Sustainability; I Corporate Power in International Retail and Trade Governance; 2 Retail Power, Private Standards, and Sustainability in the Global Food System; 3 Certification Standards and the Governance of Green Foods in Southeast Asia; 4 In Whose Interests?; 5 Corporate Interests in US Food Aid Policy; II Corporations and Governance of Genetically Modified Organisms; 6 Feeding the World?; 7 Corporations, Seeds, and Intellectual Property Rights Governance |
8 The Troubled Birth of the "Biotech Century"9 Technology, Food, Power; 10 Corporate Power and Global Agrifood Governance; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here, experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability. |
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