Between technocracy and democracy: An experimental approach to certification of food products by Japanese consumer cooperative women

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-140

  Kimura, Aya Hirata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Consumer cooperatives; Food quality; Gender; Label; Seikatsu Club Seikyo; Technoscience

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEMOCRACY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; GENDER RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953120790     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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