Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance

by Doris Fuchs and Jennifer Clapp

Book Overview

Experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability

In today's globally integrated food system, events in one part of the world can have multiple and wide-ranging effects, as has been shown by the recent and rapid global rise in food prices. Transnational corporations (TNCs) have been central to the development of this global food...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512378
• ISBN13: 9780262512374
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher