Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance

Doris Fuchs is Professor of International Relations and Development at the University of Munster. She is the author of Business Power in Global Governance and other books.

Experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability

"Given the recent shocks to the global food system, this is a timely project--one that covers a broad range of aspects in agrifood governance." -- Harriet Friedmann, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto -- Harriet Friedmann "For the first time in the agrifood sector, this book convincingly argues how TNCs' commitment to corporate sustainable development is in fact a means to better control the governance of the global food system... thus leaving profits at the top and peoples and the environment at the bottom of the food chain!" -- Matthias Finger, Dean, School of Continuing Education, Chair, Management of Network Industries, College of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Switzerland -- Matthias Finger "For the first time in the agrifood sector, this book convincingly argues how transnational corporations' commitment to corporate sustainable development is in fact a means to better control the governance of the global food system... thus leaving profits at the top and people and the environment at the bottom of the food chain!" -- Matthias Finger , Dean, School of Continuing Education, Chair, Management of Network Industries, College of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Switzerland "Given the recent shocks to the global food system, this is a timely project -- one that covers a broad range of aspects in agrifood governance." -- Harriet Friedmann , Department of Sociology, University of Toronto "Given the recent shocks to the global food system, this is a timely project-one that covers a broad range of aspects in agrifood governance." Harriet Friedmann , Department of Sociology, University of Toronto