Governance in the global agro-food system: Backlighting the role of transnational supermarket chains

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-302

  Konefal, Jason ^a   Mascarenhas, Michael ^a   Hatanaka, Maki ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food and agriculture; Global oligopolies; Governance; Political economy; Privatization; Standards; Transnational supermarket chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044446620     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-005-6046-0     Document Type: Review

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