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Record Nr.

UNINA9910482869003321

Autore

Backhouse Maria

Titolo

Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities : Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer Nature, 2021

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

3-030-68944-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LehmannRosa

LorenzenKristina

LühmannMalte

PuderJanina

RodríguezFabricio

TittorAnne

Disciplina

333.9539

Soggetti

Central government policies

Sociology

Physical geography & topography

Energy technology & engineering

Environmental management

Sustainability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.