Public private partnerships in global food governance: Business engagement and legitimacy in the global fight against hunger and malnutrition

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-399

  Kaan, Christopher ^a   Liese, Andrea ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business participation; Hunger; Legitimacy; Malnutrition; Public private partnerships; Transnational governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960979482     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9255-0     Document Type: Article

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