Pesticides in World Agriculture : The Politics of International Regulation

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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Regulatory Politics and the International Economy....Pages 15-27 The Political Economy of Pesticides....Pages 28-51 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Residues of Pesticides: the Codex System....Pages 55-76 Registration of Pesticides: Intersection of the National and International Levels....Pages 77-110 Rational Use of Pesticides: Chemicals and the Environment....Pages 111-129 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 The Politics of Regulatory Unevenness....Pages 133-149 Regulatory Politics in Malaysia....Pages 150-172 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 Pesticides and the Politics of International Regulation....Pages 174-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-221