Reshaping the agri-food system: The role of standards, standard makers and third-party certifiers

Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 71-83

  Bain, Carmen ^a   James Deaton, B ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84918862402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203698907     Document Type: Chapter

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