Biofuels and the globalization of risk [[electronic resource] ] : the biggest change in the North-South releationships since colonialism? / / James Smith |
Autore | Smith James, Ph. D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.9539 |
Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Political aspects
Biomass energy - Government policy Biomass energy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-022-1
1-282-91626-2 9786612916267 1-84813-573-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; ONE | Introduction: perfect storms; Biofuelled futures; Globalizing technology and risk; Global assemblages; Organization of the book; TWO | Science: biofuels, yesterday and tomorrow; Energy revolution redux; Biofuels - early history; Biofuels 101; Brazil and bioethanol; Biofuels and the United States; Jatropha and India; Tanzania, land and biofuels; Later-generation biofuels; The black box of biorefineries; From the past to the future; THREE | Systems: complexity and knowledge; Capturing complexity; Setting boundaries; Life-cycle analyses
Dealing with uncertainties 'Energy return on investment'; Flawed analyses; Emissions and land-use change; Opportunity costs: indirect land-use change; Limited data and flawed accounting; Complexities of certification; Connecting biofuels and food security; Limits to knowledge, unlimited implications?; FOUR | Synergy: networks and interests; Assembling biofuels; Energy and (over)development; Beyond oil; The sustained failure of agriculture; Actors, discourses and debates; Actors and networks; The politics of governments and governance; The politics of governments and governance The power of converging interests Sustaining agricultural research; Sustaining unsustainability; Reconfiguring global land use; Lusophone connections; Reaching across the Indian Ocean; Sustaining over-consumption; Global biofuel assemblages; Calibrating change; FIVE | Scale: solutions and risks; Global-local dialectics; Can biofuels be pro-poor?; Indonesia, Malaysia and oil palm planting; Malian small-scale solutions?; Kenya - striking a balance; Scale and perspective; The global reach of biofuels; SIX | Sustainability? The globalization of risk; Scale and scope; Causes and effects Assembling biofuels Science; Systems; Synergy; Scale; Sustainability?; The globalization of risk; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459491803321 |
Smith James, Ph. D.
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CEO society : the corporate takeover of everyday life / / Peter Bloom and Carl Rhodes |
Autore | Bloom Peter (Social science teacher) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Zed, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online volume |
Soggetto topico |
Chief executive officers
Organizational sociology |
ISBN |
9781786990723
1786990725 9781786990747 1-78699-075-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796936803321 |
Bloom Peter (Social science teacher)
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CEO society : the corporate takeover of everyday life / / Peter Bloom and Carl Rhodes |
Autore | Bloom Peter (Social science teacher) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Zed, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online volume |
Soggetto topico |
Chief executive officers
Organizational sociology |
ISBN |
9781786990723
1786990725 9781786990747 1-78699-075-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825363603321 |
Bloom Peter (Social science teacher)
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Chocolate nations [[electronic resource] ] : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / / Órla Ryan |
Autore | Ryan Orla |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.17740966 |
Collana | African arguments |
Soggetto topico |
Cocoa trade - Ghana
Cocoa trade - Côte d'Ivoire Cocoa trade - Africa, West Cacao growers - Ghana - Economic conditions Cacao growers - Côte d'Ivoire - Economic conditions Cacao growers - Africa, West - Economic conditions Chocolate |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-01138-7
9786613011381 1-84813-540-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One | Ghana is Cocoa; On the shoulders of peasant farmers; Fight for independence; A lifeline under revolutionary rule; No simple success story; Two | Cocoa Wars; A missing man; Miracle state; After Boigny - a crisis of identity; Battle for land; In the graveyard; Land and identity; Three | Child Labour; The crusading senator; Industry cynicism; Defining the problem; In search of riches; School and the farm; Heart of the industry; Four | Follow the money; The man who couldn't keep a secret
The new president An avenging journalist; A reporter in danger; Abduction; Business as usual; Five | From bean to bar; Recipe for success; Millers and grinders; Pricing the bar; On the shelf; Six | Fairtrade myths and reality; More to this than meets the eye; A global movement; Not the only fair buyer; A competitive marketplace; Airbrushing reality; Seven | Trading Games; Privileged childhood; Fundamental rules; A concentrated market; Power games; Battle for control; Eight | Building a sustainable future; Cocoa under attack; Chocolate fears; Owning land and sharing cocoa; Need for science On-the-ground training Lure of the city; Epilogue; Notes; Introduction; Chapter one; Chapter two; Chapter three; Chapter four; Chapter five; Chapter six; Chapter seven; Chapter eight; Bibliography; Index; African Arguments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456879003321 |
Ryan Orla
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The East Asian development experience : the miracle, the crisis and the future / Ha-Joon Chang |
Autore | Chang, Ha-Joon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 338.95 |
ISBN | 9781842771419 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003877499707536 |
Chang, Ha-Joon
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Economies of recycling [[electronic resource] ] : the global transformations of materials, values and social relations / / edited by Catherine Alexander & Joshua Reno |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.7282 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AlexanderCatherine
RenoJoshua |
Soggetto topico |
Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Economic aspects
International economic relations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-197-X
1-283-54908-5 9786613861535 1-78032-196-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461789903321 |
London, : Zed, 2012 | ||
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Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development / Edited by Wendy Harcourt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Zed, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 306 p. ; 21 cm |
Soggetto non controllato | Donne - Paesi in via di sviluppo |
ISBN | 1-85649-244-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990003078070403321 |
London : Zed, 1993 | ||
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Global Ecology : A New Arena of Political Conflict / Edited by Wolfgang Sachs. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Zed : Halifax : Fernwood, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | XVII, 262 p. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina | H/0.2 |
Soggetto non controllato | Ecologia |
ISBN | 1-85649-164-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990003087400403321 |
London : Zed : Halifax : Fernwood, 1993 | ||
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Globalizing citizens [[electronic resource] ] : new dynamics of inclusion and exclusion / / edited by John Gaventa and Rajesh Tandon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GaventaJohn <1949->
TandonRajesh |
Collana | Claiming Citizenship |
Soggetto topico |
Citizenship
Globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84813-905-5
1-282-73867-4 9786612738678 1-84813-473-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the series; About the editors; Acronyms; Foreword; PART ONE | Introduction; 1 | Citizen engagements in a globalizing world; Introduction; The changing nature of governance: new spaces for citizen engagements?; The implications of changing authorities for the meanings and practices of citizenship; Navigating the global terrain; Conclusions and implications; Notes; References; PART TWO | From global to local: the impact of global governance on everyday citizenship; 2 | Mediated health citizenships: living with HIV and engaging with the Global Fund in the Gambia; Introduction
The Global Fund and shifting health governance structuresGlobal AIDS funding in the Gambia; Treatment support groups and citizen engagement with the Global Fund; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 | Mobilizing and mediating global medicine and health citizenship: the politics of AIDS knowledge production in rural South Africa; Introduction; Global health and AIDS activism in South Africa; Global medicine in local places: the contentious politics of AIDS knowledge; MSF's biomedical foot soldiers in Lusikisiki village; Mediators of global medicine and contested 'facts'; Conclusion; Notes References4 | Enhancing everyday citizenship practices: women's livelihoods and global markets; Introduction; Towards a more inclusive global governance; Project Shakti: a market-led solution for enhancing women's livelihoods; Economic augmentation for rural women; Enhanced formal citizenship but limited empowerment; Spaces for representation and its legitimacy; Accountability of different actors; Inclusion and exclusion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 | The politics of global assessments: the case of the IAASTD; Introduction The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology (IAASTD)Globalization and civil society: the place of international assessments; Experts and citizens; The politics of knowledge in global assessments; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART THREE | From local to global: the dynamics of transnational citizen action; 6 | Campaigns for land and citizenship rights: the dynamics of transnational agrarian movements; Introduction; The emergence of transnational agrarian movements (TAMs); The nature of the state; The politics of mobilization; The politics of intermediation Knowledge politicsConclusion; Notes; References; 7 | Spanning citizenship spaces through transnational coalitions: the Global Campaign for Education; Introduction; Who governs education? Power across boundaries; The challenges of building transnational campaign coalitions; The case of the Global Campaign for Education; Five factors that make a difference to success; Implications for citizenship; Conclusions; Notes; References; 8 | Citizenship and trade governance in the Americas; Introduction; The shifting landscape of trade governance in the Americas: implications for citizenship The politics of mobilization on trade governance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459433303321 |
London ; ; New York, : Zed, 2010 | ||
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Greening the north : a post-industrial blueprint for ecology and equity / Wolfgang Sachs, Reinhard Loske and Manfred Linz ; with Ralf Behrensmeier ... [et al.] ; A study by Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy ; translated by Timothy Nevill |
Autore | Sachs, Wolfgang |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York : Zed, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 333.7091813 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Loske, Reinhardauthor
Linz, Manfred Behrensmeier, Ralf Nevill, Timothy |
Altri autori (Enti) |
Wuppertal Institut fèur Klima, Umwelt und Energie
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy |
Soggetto topico |
Economia ambientale - Germania
Ambiente naturale - Protezione - Aspetti economici |
ISBN | 1856495086 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001198539707536 |
Sachs, Wolfgang
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