Pesticides in World Agriculture: The Politics of International Regulation

by Robert Boardman

Overview

This timely study draws on an analysis of the political economy of pesticide chemicals to evaluate progress towards the construction of an effectively functioning international pesticides regime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333374177
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/02/1986
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1986
Pages:	221
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - Introduction - PART 1 - Regulatory Politics and the International Economy - The Political Economy of Pesticides - PART 2 - Residues of Pesticides: The Codex System - Registration of Pesticides: Intersection of the National and International Levels - Rational Use of Pesticides: Chemicals and the Environment - PART 3 - The Politics of Regulatory Unevenness - Regulatory Politics in Malaysia - PART 4 - Pesticides and the Politics of International Regulation - Select Bibliography - Notes - Index