Organising consumer involvement in the greening of global food flows: The role of environmental NGOs in the case of marine fish

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-114

  Oosterveer, Peter ^a   Spaargaren, Gert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer trust; ENGOs; Governance arrangements; Labelling strategies; Marine fish; Sociology of networks and flows; Wallet cards

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78751639297     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.538168     Document Type: Article

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