1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778058403321

Titolo

Corporate power in global agrifood governance / / edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-30971-8

9786612240126

1-282-24012-9

0-262-25550-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Food, health, and the environment

Altri autori (Persone)

ClappJennifer <1963->

FuchsDoris A

Disciplina

382/.41

Soggetti

Farm produce - Marketing

Agricultural industries

International business enterprises

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965809603321

Autore

Morgan Patrick M. <1940->

Titolo

Deterrence now / / Patrick M. Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [England] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-107-13682-2

0521822572

1-280-43099-0

9786610430994

1-139-14897-4

0-511-17867-0

0-511-06201-X

0-511-05568-4

0-511-30589-3

0-511-49157-3

0-511-07047-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 331 p. ; ; 24 cm

Collana

Cambridge studies in international relations ; ; 89

Disciplina

355.02/17

Soggetti

Deterrence (Strategy)

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-323) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. History: deterrence in the Cold War -- 2. Deterrence and rationality -- 3. General deterrence -- 4. Testing, testing, one ... two ... three -- 5. Collective actor deterrence -- 6. The revolution in military affairs and deterrence -- 7. Deterrence in the post-Cold War world -- 8. Some conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Patrick Morgan's authoritative study revisits the place of deterrence after the Cold War. By assessing and questioning the state of modern deterrence theory, particularly under conditions of nuclear proliferation, Morgan argues that there are basic flaws in the design of the theory that ultimately limits its utility. Given the probable patterns of future international politics, he suggests that greater attention be paid to 'general' deterrence as opposed to 'immediate' deterrence and



to examining the deterrent capabilities of collective actors such as NATO and the UN Security Council. Finally he contends that the revolution in military affairs can promote less reliance on deterrence by retaliatory threats, support better collective management of peace and security and permit us to outgrow nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. This new major work builds upon Patrick Morgan's landmark book, Deterrence (1983).