Agricultural governance : globalization and the new politics of regulation / / edited by Vaughan Higgins and Geoffrey Lawrence.

• Superior document: Routledge advances in sociology ; 17
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Higgins, Vaughan, 1974-; Lawrence, Geoffrey.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge advances in sociology ; 17.
• Physical Description: xv, 208 p. :; ill.

Table of 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.