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This handbook explores the political economy and governance of the
Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined
experiences. Forty-six chapters cover a range of Inter-American key
concepts and dynamics. The flow of peoples, goods, resources,
knowledge and finances have on the one hand promoted
interdependence and integration that cut across borders and link
the countries of North and South America (including the Caribbean)
together. On the other hand, they have contributed to profound
asymmetries between different places. The nature of this
transversally related and multiply interconnected hemispheric
region can only be captured through a transnational,
multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach. This handbook
examines the direct and indirect political interventions,
geopolitical imaginaries, inequalities, interlinked economic
developments and the forms of appropriation of the vast natural
resources in the Americas. Expert contributors give a comprehensive
overview of the theories, practices and geographies that have
shaped the economic dynamics of the region and their impact on both
the political and natural landscape. This multidisciplinary
approach will be of interest to a broad array of academic scholars
and students in history, sociology, geography, economics and
political science, as well as cultural, postcolonial, environmental
and globalization studies.
This handbook explores the political economy and governance of the
Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined
experiences. Forty-six chapters cover a range of Inter-American key
concepts and dynamics. The flow of peoples, goods, resources,
knowledge and finances have on the one hand promoted
interdependence and integration that cut across borders and link
the countries of North and South America (including the Caribbean)
together. On the other hand, they have contributed to profound
asymmetries between different places. The nature of this
transversally related and multiply interconnected hemispheric
region can only be captured through a transnational,
multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach. This handbook
examines the direct and indirect political interventions,
geopolitical imaginaries, inequalities, interlinked economic
developments and the forms of appropriation of the vast natural
resources in the Americas. Expert contributors give a comprehensive
overview of the theories, practices and geographies that have
shaped the economic dynamics of the region and their impact on both
the political and natural landscape. This multidisciplinary
approach will be of interest to a broad array of academic scholars
and students in history, sociology, geography, economics and
political science, as well as cultural, postcolonial, environmental
and globalization studies.
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.
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.
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