Political Ecology of Industrial Crops (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)

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Synopsis
This book employs a political ecology lens to unravel how industrial crops catalyse ecological, agrarian, socioeconomic, and institutional transformation. Using the conceptual tools and perspectives of political ecology, namely multi-scalar analysis and attention to marginalisation, social difference, and discourses and narratives, this volume provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of the transformative power of industrial cropping systems. It presents a truly international overview by drawing on a range of case studies from the global South, including soybeans in South America, cashew nuts in Guinea Bissau, cotton in India, maize in China, jatropha in Ghana, sugarcane in Peru and Eswatini, and oil palm in Ghana and Peru. The unique case studies are put into perspective with chapters introducing the key concepts of political ecology and critical dimensions of industrial cropping systems related to large-scale land acquisitions, land grabbing, and marginal land. The individual chapters employ different approaches all rooted in political ecology, thus offering a rich overview of how the field engages with such cropping systems. Overall, this volume contains valuable propositions for improving current policies and practices in industrial crop settings in both developed and developing countries. Through its comprehensive and interdisciplinary outlook, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of political ecology, agrarian studies, development studies, and ecological economics.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
294 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000431209
Related ISBNs:
9780367356705, 9780429351105, 9781032062136
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Abubakari Ahmed and Alexandros Gasparatos
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Abubakari Ahmed
Edited by:
Alexandros Gasparatos

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