Third-party certification in the global agrifood system: An objective or socially mediated governance mechanism?

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-91

  Hatanaka, Maki ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; FARMING SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 40149092004     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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