Agrofuels [[electronic resource] ] : big profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction / / François Houtart ; translated by Victoria Bawtree ; with the collaboration of Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi, Beinvenue Lutumba Bukassa and Geoffrey Geuens ; foreword by Walden Bello |
Autore | Houtart François |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 196 p |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HoutartFrançois
BawtreeVictoria MpoziBosco Bashangwa BukassaBeinvenue Lutumba GeuensGeoffrey BelloWalden F |
Collana | Transnational Institute series |
Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry
Energy crops - Environmental aspects Energy crops - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84964-560-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460115303321 |
Houtart François | ||
London, : Pluto Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agrofuels [[electronic resource] ] : big profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction / / François Houtart ; translated by Victoria Bawtree ; with the collaboration of Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi, Beinvenue Lutumba Bukassa and Geoffrey Geuens ; foreword by Walden Bello |
Autore | Houtart François |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 196 p |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HoutartFrançois
BawtreeVictoria MpoziBosco Bashangwa BukassaBeinvenue Lutumba GeuensGeoffrey BelloWalden F |
Collana | Transnational Institute series |
Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry
Energy crops - Environmental aspects Energy crops - Economic aspects |
ISBN | 1-84964-560-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785592603321 |
Houtart François | ||
London, : Pluto Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agrofuels : big profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction / / François Houtart ; translated by Victoria Bawtree ; with the collaboration of Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi, Beinvenue Lutumba Bukassa and Geoffrey Geuens ; foreword by Walden Bello |
Autore | Houtart François |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 196 p |
Disciplina | 333.9539 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HoutartFrançois
BawtreeVictoria MpoziBosco Bashangwa BukassaBeinvenue Lutumba GeuensGeoffrey BelloWalden F |
Collana | Transnational Institute series |
Soggetto topico |
Energy crops industry
Energy crops - Environmental aspects Energy crops - Economic aspects |
ISBN | 1-84964-560-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Energy and Development -- Exploiting Nature as a Source of Energy -- Energy in the Development Model -- Energy's Role in the Growth of Capitalism -- The Social and Ecological Effects of the Capitalist Development Model -- 2. The Twin Crises: Energy and Climate -- The Energy Crisis and Non-renewable Energy Sources -- The Climate Crisis or Global Warming -- 3. The Neoliberal Discourse on Climate Change -- First Stage: Denying or Playing Down Climate Change -- Second Stage: Promoting Market-friendly Solutions -- Problems with the Neoliberal Approach -- 4. Agrofuels and Agroenergy -- Characteristics of Agrofuels -- The Different Types of Agroenergy -- 5. Ethanol Production -- FROM SUGAR CANE -- In Brazil -- In Other Countries of the South -- In the Countries of the North -- 6. Agrodiesel Production -- FROM PALM OIL -- Origins and Characteristics -- Contemporary Production -- Personal Testimony from Colombia -- FROM JATROPHA CURCAS -- Origins and Characteristics -- Contemporary Production Programmes in Asia and Africa -- Plants Similar to Jatropha Curcas -- 7. The Collateral Effects of Agrofuels -- The Ecological Effects of Agrofuels -- The Social Effects of Agrofuels -- 8. The Socio-economic Dimensions of Agroenergy -- The Agricultural Model Underlying Agrofuels -- Economic and Financial Issues of Agrofuels -- Agrofuels and the Food Crisis -- Agrofuels and the Reproduction of Capital -- Agrofuels and the Development Model -- 9. Alternative Ways of Solving the Climate and Energy Crises and the Role of Agrofuels -- Solutions Envisaged and their Limitations -- Post-capitalist Logic of the Economy and a New Development Model -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820966103321 |
Houtart François | ||
London, : Pluto Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalizing resistance [[electronic resource] ] : the state of struggle / / edited by Fraņcois Polet ; with translations by Victoria Bawtree |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoletFrançois
BawtreeVictoria |
Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Anti-globalization movement Globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84964-265-6
1-281-75077-8 9786611750770 1-4356-6212-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political diversity, common purpose : social movements in India / Vinod Raina -- Resistance to globalization in rural China / Lau Kin Chi -- NGOs and social movements in Southeast Asia / Francis Loh -- Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus : US rearguard bases? / Bernard Dreano -- Resistance to neoliberalism in Australia and Oceania / Verity Burgmann, Andrew Ure -- Social movements in the Arab world / Azza Abd el-Mohsen Khalil -- Struggling and surviving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / François L'Écuyer -- Social movements : experiences from East Africa / Opiyo Makoude -- South Africa's new social movements / David Coetzee -- Neoliberalism and social conflict : the popular movements in Latin America / Clara Algranati ... [et al.] -- Proletarian resistance and capitalist restructuring in the United States / Pierre Beaudet -- Europe : the challenge for social movements / Bernard Dreano -- -- The World Social Forum : towards a counter-hegemonic globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- The World Social Forum : a democratic alternative / Francine Mestrum -- The African Social Forum : between radicals and reformers / Mondli Hlatshwayo -- Convergences and the anti-war movement : expereinces and lessons / Paola Manduca -- The trade union movement and the social movement : towards a new dialogue? / Pierre Beaudet -- The new agrarian issue : three billion peasants under threat / Samir Amin -- The alternative movement and its media strategies / Victor Sampedro -- The European Union and the 'internal threat' of the alternative world movement / Ben Hayes, Tony Bunyan -- Police measures against the new global protest / Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter -- New powers, new counter-powers / Raoul-Marc Jennar -- International law, a decisive issue for the alternative world movement / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454710403321 |
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalizing resistance [[electronic resource] ] : the state of struggle / / edited by Fraņcois Polet ; with translations by Victoria Bawtree |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoletFrançois
BawtreeVictoria |
Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Anti-globalization movement Globalization |
ISBN |
1-84964-265-6
1-281-75077-8 9786611750770 1-4356-6212-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political diversity, common purpose : social movements in India / Vinod Raina -- Resistance to globalization in rural China / Lau Kin Chi -- NGOs and social movements in Southeast Asia / Francis Loh -- Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus : US rearguard bases? / Bernard Dreano -- Resistance to neoliberalism in Australia and Oceania / Verity Burgmann, Andrew Ure -- Social movements in the Arab world / Azza Abd el-Mohsen Khalil -- Struggling and surviving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / François L'Écuyer -- Social movements : experiences from East Africa / Opiyo Makoude -- South Africa's new social movements / David Coetzee -- Neoliberalism and social conflict : the popular movements in Latin America / Clara Algranati ... [et al.] -- Proletarian resistance and capitalist restructuring in the United States / Pierre Beaudet -- Europe : the challenge for social movements / Bernard Dreano -- -- The World Social Forum : towards a counter-hegemonic globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- The World Social Forum : a democratic alternative / Francine Mestrum -- The African Social Forum : between radicals and reformers / Mondli Hlatshwayo -- Convergences and the anti-war movement : expereinces and lessons / Paola Manduca -- The trade union movement and the social movement : towards a new dialogue? / Pierre Beaudet -- The new agrarian issue : three billion peasants under threat / Samir Amin -- The alternative movement and its media strategies / Victor Sampedro -- The European Union and the 'internal threat' of the alternative world movement / Ben Hayes, Tony Bunyan -- Police measures against the new global protest / Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter -- New powers, new counter-powers / Raoul-Marc Jennar -- International law, a decisive issue for the alternative world movement / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782006003321 |
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Globalizing resistance : the state of struggle / / edited by Fraņcois Polet ; with translations by Victoria Bawtree |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PoletFrançois
BawtreeVictoria |
Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Anti-globalization movement Globalization |
ISBN |
1-84964-265-6
1-281-75077-8 9786611750770 1-4356-6212-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political diversity, common purpose : social movements in India / Vinod Raina -- Resistance to globalization in rural China / Lau Kin Chi -- NGOs and social movements in Southeast Asia / Francis Loh -- Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus : US rearguard bases? / Bernard Dreano -- Resistance to neoliberalism in Australia and Oceania / Verity Burgmann, Andrew Ure -- Social movements in the Arab world / Azza Abd el-Mohsen Khalil -- Struggling and surviving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / François L'Écuyer -- Social movements : experiences from East Africa / Opiyo Makoude -- South Africa's new social movements / David Coetzee -- Neoliberalism and social conflict : the popular movements in Latin America / Clara Algranati ... [et al.] -- Proletarian resistance and capitalist restructuring in the United States / Pierre Beaudet -- Europe : the challenge for social movements / Bernard Dreano -- -- The World Social Forum : towards a counter-hegemonic globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- The World Social Forum : a democratic alternative / Francine Mestrum -- The African Social Forum : between radicals and reformers / Mondli Hlatshwayo -- Convergences and the anti-war movement : expereinces and lessons / Paola Manduca -- The trade union movement and the social movement : towards a new dialogue? / Pierre Beaudet -- The new agrarian issue : three billion peasants under threat / Samir Amin -- The alternative movement and its media strategies / Victor Sampedro -- The European Union and the 'internal threat' of the alternative world movement / Ben Hayes, Tony Bunyan -- Police measures against the new global protest / Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter -- New powers, new counter-powers / Raoul-Marc Jennar -- International law, a decisive issue for the alternative world movement / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826359403321 |
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press in association with the Tricontinental Centre (CENTRI), 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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