Introduction : globalization and agricultural governance / Vaughan Higgins and Geoffrey Lawrence -- Globalization and global governance / Emelie Peine and Philip McMichael -- Reshaping the state : global/local networks of association and the governing of agricultural production / Lynda Cheshire and Geoffrey Lawrence -- Rural development and agri-food governing in Europe : tracing the development of alternatives / Terry Marsden and Roberta Sonnino -- Reshaping the agrifood system : the role of standards, standard makers, and third-party certifiers / Carmen Bain, B. James Deaton and Lawrence Busch -- Disciplining the organic commodity / Hugh Campbell and Annie Stuart -- Governing conflicts over sustainability : agricultural biotechnology in Europe / Les Levidow -- Governing agriculture through the managerial capacities of farmers : the role of calculation / Vaughan Higgins -- Sustainability and agri-environmental governance / Jacqui Dibden and Chris Cocklin -- Governing consumption : mobilizing 'the consumer' within genetically modified and organic food networks / Stewart Lockie and Nell Salem -- Animals and ambivalence : governing farm animal welfare in the European food sector / Mara Miele, Jonathon Murdoch and Emma Roe -- Expertise and the calculability of agri-food risks / Richard Le Heron.