Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-238) and index.
Contents:
A clash of values : competing definitions of organic -- Business as usual? Conventional corporate strategies in the organic food sector -- From private to public : institutionalizing organic food standards into policy -- Globalizing organics : the role of trade agreements and international organizations in regulating trade in organic food -- The development and transformation of the organic social movement -- New actors, new directions : the contemporary organic movement as an advocacy network.
Summary:
"Explores the political dynamics of the remarkable transition of organic food from a 'fringe fad' in the 1960s to a multi-billion dollar industry in the 2000s. Taking a multidisciplinary, institutionalist approach that integrates social movement theory, public policy analysis and value chain analysis, it tells the story of how the organic movement responded to the social, economic and political changes brought on by the rise of industrial agriculture in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
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