McSustainability and McJustice: Certification, alternative food and agriculture, and social change

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8092-8112

  Hatanaka, Maki ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food and agriculture; Certification; Market based approaches; Shrimp aquaculture; Social movements; Standards

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CERTIFICATION; MARGINALIZATION; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOVEREIGNTY; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

INDONESIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84920711916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6118092     Document Type: Article

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