Agrifood corporations, global governance, and sustainability: a framework for analysis / Jennifer Clapp, Doris Fuchs -- Retail power, private standards, and sustainability in the global food system / Doris Fuchs, Agni Kalfagianni, Maarten Arentsen -- Certification standards and the governance of...

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Agrifood Corporations, Global Governance, and Sustainability -- I Corporate Power in International Retail and Trade Governance -- 2 Retail Power, Private Standards, and Sustainability in the Global Food System -- 3...

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