Civilizing the market for welfare friendly products in Europe? The techno-ethics of the Welfare Quality® assessment

Geoforum

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-72

  Miele, Mara ^a   Lever, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare standards; Civilizing markets; Geographies of food consumption; STS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION);

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84877908425     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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