The moral commodity: Production, consumption, and governance in the Australasian breakfast cereal industry

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2231-2251

  Le Heron, Kiri ^a   Hayward, David ^b  

^a Rotary Watches Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0036943191     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a34262     Document Type: Article

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