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 [[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 |
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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Capitalism's last stand? [[electronic resource] ] : deglobalization in the age of austerity / / Walden Bello |
Autore | Bello Walden F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed Books, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 282 p |
Disciplina | 330.9051 |
Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Income distribution |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-048-5
1-78032-047-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452989103321 |
Bello Walden F | ||
London, : Zed Books, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Capitalism's last stand? : deglobalization in the age of austerity / / Walden Bello |
Autore | Bello Walden F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
Disciplina | 330.9051 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Economic aspects
Political economy |
ISBN |
1-350-21889-8
1-78032-048-5 1-78032-047-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction . Globalization's Debacle: Crisis and Opportunity; Part I: The Destructive Dynamics of Finance Capital; Chapter 1 . Why and How Finance Became Dominant; A primer on Wall Street meltdown; Recovery recedes, convulsion looms; Chapter 2 . The US: Cutting Edge of Crisis; Capitalism in an apocalyptic mood; The political consequences of stagnation; Lessons of the Obama debacle; Chapter 3 . Europe's Tragic Spiral; The Celtic Tiger follows the Asian Tigers to extinction; Greece: same tragedy, different scripts.
Germany's Social Democrats and the European crisisChapter 4 . Invulnerable Asia?; Chain-gang economics; China lassoes its neighbors; Will China save the world from depression?; Part II: Globalization in Crisis; Chapter 5 . The Real Economy of the Global Economy; Capital is a fickle lover; The Apple connection; Labor trafficking: modern-day slave trade; Destroying African agriculture; Chapter 6 . Capitalism and the Environment; Climate and capitalism in Copenhagen; Can capitalism survive climate change?; Breaking the climate stalemate; Seven billion ... and rising. Chapter 7 . The End of Multilateralism?The crisis of multilateralism; The Dracula round; U20: will the global economy resurface?; Part III: Competing Alternatives; Chapter 8 .Keynesianism in the Breach; Keynes: a man for this season?; The coming capitalist consensus; Chapter 9 . Resistance and Transformation; Elites vs greens in the global South; Defy the creditors and get away with it; The Arab revolutions and the democratic imagination; The World Social Forum at the crossroads; Conclusion. Deglobalization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779713703321 |
Bello Walden F. | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Capitalism's last stand? : deglobalization in the age of austerity / / Walden Bello |
Autore | Bello Walden F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
Disciplina | 330.9051 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Economic aspects
Political economy |
ISBN |
1-350-21889-8
1-78032-048-5 1-78032-047-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction . Globalization's Debacle: Crisis and Opportunity; Part I: The Destructive Dynamics of Finance Capital; Chapter 1 . Why and How Finance Became Dominant; A primer on Wall Street meltdown; Recovery recedes, convulsion looms; Chapter 2 . The US: Cutting Edge of Crisis; Capitalism in an apocalyptic mood; The political consequences of stagnation; Lessons of the Obama debacle; Chapter 3 . Europe's Tragic Spiral; The Celtic Tiger follows the Asian Tigers to extinction; Greece: same tragedy, different scripts.
Germany's Social Democrats and the European crisisChapter 4 . Invulnerable Asia?; Chain-gang economics; China lassoes its neighbors; Will China save the world from depression?; Part II: Globalization in Crisis; Chapter 5 . The Real Economy of the Global Economy; Capital is a fickle lover; The Apple connection; Labor trafficking: modern-day slave trade; Destroying African agriculture; Chapter 6 . Capitalism and the Environment; Climate and capitalism in Copenhagen; Can capitalism survive climate change?; Breaking the climate stalemate; Seven billion ... and rising. Chapter 7 . The End of Multilateralism?The crisis of multilateralism; The Dracula round; U20: will the global economy resurface?; Part III: Competing Alternatives; Chapter 8 .Keynesianism in the Breach; Keynes: a man for this season?; The coming capitalist consensus; Chapter 9 . Resistance and Transformation; Elites vs greens in the global South; Defy the creditors and get away with it; The Arab revolutions and the democratic imagination; The World Social Forum at the crossroads; Conclusion. Deglobalization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818340803321 |
Bello Walden F. | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deglobalizzazione : idee per una nuova economia mondiale / Walden Bello ; traduzione di Raffaella Patriarca |
Autore | Bello, Walden F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 191 p. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina | 337.090 49 |
Collana | I saggi |
ISBN | 88-849-0628-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990008129590403321 |
Bello, Walden F. | ||
Milano : Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deglobalizzazione : idee per una nuova economia mondiale / Walden Bello ; traduzione di Raffaella Patriarca |
Autore | BELLO, Walden |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 191 p. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina | 337.09049 |
Collana | I saggi |
Soggetto topico | Economia internazionale - 1990-2000 |
ISBN | 88-8490-628-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990003656140203316 |
BELLO, Walden | ||
Milano : Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Il futuro incerto : globalizzazione e nuova resistenza / Walden Bello ; prefazione a cura di Anuradha Mittal ; traduzione di Raffaella Patriarca |
Autore | Bello, Walden |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Baldini&Castoldi, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 364 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 337 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Mittal, Anuradha
Patriarca, Raffaella |
Collana | I saggi [Baldini & Castoldi] ; 196 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalizzazione - Aspetti sociali - Saggi
Economia mondiale - Aspetti sociali |
ISBN | 8884901189 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001721259707536 |
Bello, Walden | ||
Milano : Baldini&Castoldi, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Il futuro incerto : globalizzazione e nuova resistenza / Bello Walden ; Prefazione a cura di Anuradha Mittal ; Traduzione di Raffaella Patriarca |
Autore | BELLO, Walden |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Baldini & Castoldi, Copyr. 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 364 p. ; 22 cm. |
Disciplina | 337.09049 |
Soggetto topico | Movimenti antiglobalizzazione - 1990 - 2000 |
ISBN | 88-8490-118-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990001486280203316 |
BELLO, Walden | ||
Milano : Baldini & Castoldi, Copyr. 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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