Editors:
- Multi-disciplinary perspectives on food and agricultural standards
- Original collection of policy-relevant case studies on standards-setting in a global context
- Valuable contribution to the study of the politics of standards setting
- New theoretical perspective on food and agricultural standards
Part of the book series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics (LEAF, volume 6)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Thinking About Standards
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Public and International Standards
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Regulatory Processes
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Access and Ethical Trade
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Conclusions and Future Agenda
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About this book
Food and agricultural standards have recently risen to the top of both national and international agendas. Popular concerns about the power of the World Trade Organization focus on the intertwined relationships between environmental protection, labor and human rights, and the standards used to produce and supply our food and fiber globally. In the developing world, agricultural grades and standards are an important part of the reconfiguration of roles and responsibilities between various public and private actors in market reform.
This original and informative collection of studies of agri-food standards in the modern economy addresses these and helps to define the scope of the emerging study of the politics of standards setting. Following an overview essay dealing with the multiple ways of thinking about, approaching and defining food and agricultural standards, eleven case studies offer a rich body of evidence that assesses the processes, dynamics and potential consequences of global agri-food standards.
For all interested in the strategic use of food and agricultural standards – from those in national and international governmental agencies, researchers and others in the academic and private sector to those in the private business sector – this volume offers a broader perspective on and will serve as an important resource.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards, Michigan State University, U.S.A.
Jim Bingen, Lawrence Busch
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agricultural Standards
Book Subtitle: The Shape of the Global Food and Fiber System
Editors: Jim Bingen, Lawrence Busch
Series Title: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3984-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3983-6Published: 06 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7007-4Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3984-3Published: 08 March 2006
Series ISSN: 1570-3010
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1737
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 259
Topics: Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general, Political Science