dc.contributor.author | Aasprong, Haakon | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-06T12:30:49Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-20T12:02:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-06T12:30:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-20T12:02:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 2013, 20(1):91-108 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 0798-1759 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2364981 | |
dc.description.abstract | The governance of international agribusiness has changed dramatically
over the past two decades, and an important aspect of that change has been the
increasing use of certification systems that cover a wide range of product and production
attributes. While certification is often represented by its advocates as a
depoliticized and scientific means of governing, some argue that governing by
standards is better understood as an ongoing and never-ending process summed
up by the term ‘standardizing work’. Expanding on this, I suggest that the twin
concept of ‘standardizing network’ may be used to refer to actors and intermediaries
engaged in standardizing work with reference to a particular standard. Empirically
grounded in the banana industry of the eastern Caribbean island St Vincent
– an industry having adopted both GLOBALGAP and Fairtrade certification
– the article examines the role of interpretation as standardizing work. Discussing
the GLOBALGAP certification process, I suggest that a chain of interpretive authority
is at work, which, particularly in the wake of a standard revision, encourages
a stricter than necessary operationalization of requirements. Furthermore, I
argue that the space opened by the absence of authoritative interpretations may
invite an entanglement of standardizing networks and that an appreciation of this
sometimes entangled nature of standardizing networks is necessary if we are to
attain a fuller understanding of agri-food certification processes in the sphere of
production. This is demonstrated empirically through an account of the influence
of the Vincentian Fairtrade national farmers’ organization on the GLOBALGAP
certification process. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | ISA Research Committee on Agriculture and Food (RC40) | nb_NO |
dc.relation.uri | http://ijsaf.org/archive/20/1/aasprong.pdf | |
dc.title | Entangled Standardizing Networks: The Case of GLOBALGAP and Fairtrade in St Vincent’s Banana Industry | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-11-06T12:30:48Z | |
dc.source.volume | 20 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 1 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1286857 | |
dc.description.localcode | This work is licensed under CC BY-SA | nb_NO |