Private standards, grower networks, and power in a food supply system

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-388

  Thompson, Lyndal Joy ^a   Lockie, Stewart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foucault; Governance; Grower experiences; Legitimacy; Private standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883754510     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9404-8     Document Type: Article

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