In this comprehensive reference work, Kevin Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad-ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade and the environment. For over two decades policymakers and scholars have been struggling to understand the relationship...

Recent years have seen a growing movement toward externally imposed regulations directed specifically at improving TNCs' environmental and social performance. This movement draws on a long history, and its most recent incarnation is largely a reaction to disappointment on the part of many with...

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Foreword, Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Food Crisis and Global Governance -- Part 1: The Causal Factors behind the Food Crisis -- 2. The Blame Game:...