Transnational governance of farmed animal welfare: a critique of animals as commodities
Date
2011
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Miller, Mindy Tommasina, author
Stevis, Dimitris, advisor
Braunstein, Elissa, committee member
Macdonald, Bradley J., committee member
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This thesis explores whether transnational animal agribusiness is governed by looking at global governance and key players. It analyzes international organizations--the OIE, the FAO, and the WTO--as well as two key state actors in transnational animal agribusiness, the EU and the US. Given the growing scale of the industry, this thesis addresses the following: 1) Whether the transnational animal agribusiness ("TAG") is governed 2) Whether the governance of TAG addresses farmed animal welfare ("FAW") 3) Whether FAW addresses animals. Ultimately, this paper finds significant variation in the governance of TAG, however, even the most promising examples of governance fail to appropriately recognize commoditized animals as grievable beings. This thesis recommends adoption of a grievability framework which finds that alternatives to animal agribusiness and a shift in the human perception of nonhuman animals are necessary.
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veganism
animal agriculture
ethics
governance
grievability
transnational