Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities
Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production
Rosa Lehmann editor Anne Tittor editor Maria Backhouse editor Kristina Lorenzen editor Malte Lühmann editor Janina Puder editor Fabricio Rodríguez editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:18th May '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically rich discussion of bioeconomy developments with a particular focus on bio-based energy. A series of conceptual discussions and case studies with a multidisciplinary background in the social sciences illuminate how the deployment of biomass sources from the agricultural and forestry sectors affect societal changes concerning knowledge production, land and labour relations, political participation and international trade. How can a global perspective on socio-ecological inequalities contribute to a complex and critical understanding of bioeconomy? Who participates in the negotiation of specific bioeconomy policies and who does not? Who determines the agenda? To what extent does the bioeconomy affect existing socio-ecological inequalities in rural areas? What are the implications of the bioeconomy for existing relations of extraction and inequalities across regions? The volume is an invitation to reflect upon these questions and more, at a time when the need for an ecological and socially just transition away from a carbon intensive economy is becoming increasingly pressing.
ISBN: 9783030689469
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338 pages
1st ed. 2021