Drawing upon the expertise of some of the most prominent names in rural sociology, geography and anthropology, this book shows how globalization has opened up a new regulatory politics.

Food security and sustainability are arguably the most important issues facing the agri-food sector at the beginning of a new millennium. In an era of globalization, where nation states appear to have a diminishing role in governing these matters, the existing and emerging power relations underpinning agri-food regulation demand renewed scholarly attention. Drawing upon the expertise of some of the most prominent writers in rural sociology, geography and anthropology, this book shows how globalization processes open up a new regulatory politics in which 'non-political' forms of governing play an increasingly influential role in shaping agricultural production and consumption. The first of its kind to critically and comprehensively examine new forms of governing and regulation, this important text explores the relationship between globalization and new sites, spaces and agents of agricultural regulation, using detailed case studies in developed nations to illustrate points made. Demonstrating the political significance of regulatory mechanisms extending beyond the state, the book also discusses the consequences for the governing of the agri-food sector.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction: Globalization and Agricultural Governance
Vaughan Higgins and Geoffrey Lawrence
PART 1: (RE)REGULATING SPACES
Chapter 2 Globalization and Global Governance
Emelie Peine and Philip McMichael
Chapter 3 Reshaping the State: Global/Local Networks of Association and the Governing of Agricultural Production
Lynda Cheshire and Geoffrey Lawrence
Chapter 4 Rural Development and Agri-Food Governing in Europe: Tracing the Development of Alternatives
Terry Marsden and Roberta Sonnino
PART 2: (DE)POLITICIZING PRACTICES
Chapter 5: Reshaping the Agrifood System: The Role of Standards, Standard Makers, and Third-Party Certifiers
Carmen Bain, B. James Deaton and Lawrence Busch
Chapter 6 Disciplining the Organic Commodity
Hugh Campbell and Annie Stuart
Chapter 7 Governing Conflicts over Sustainability: Agricultural Biotechnology in Europe
Les Levidow
Chapter 8 Governing Agriculture through the Managerial Capacities of Farmers: The Role of Calculation
Vaughan Higgins
PART 3: (RE)CONFIGURING OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS OF GOVERNING
Chapter 9 Sustainability and Agri-Environmental Governance
Jacqui Dibden and Chris Cocklin
Chapter 10 Governing Consumption: Mobilizing 'the Consumer' within Genetically-Modified and Organic Food Networks
Stewart Lockie and Nell Salem
Chapter 11 Animals and Ambivalence: Governing Farm Animal Welfare in the European Food Sector
Mara Miele, Jonathon Murdoch and Emma Roe
Chapter 12 Expertise and the Calculability of Agri-Food Risks
Richard Le Heron