Globalizing unsustainable food consumption: Trade policies, producer lobbies, consumer preferences, and beef consumption in Northeast Asia

Globalizations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-163

  Kasa, Sjur ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

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EID: 69849119802     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747730802057480     Document Type: Article

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