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The Journal of Peasant Studies Special Issue: The Polics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change Guest Editors: Philip McMichael and Ian Scoones FREE to download for a limited me at: The collecon addresses key quesons on biofuels within agrarian polical economy, polical sociology and polical ecology. Contribuons are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. Across sixteen arcles presenng material from five regions across the North-South divide and focusing on fourteen countries including Brazil, Indonesia, India, USA and Germany, these topics are addressed within the following themes: global (re)configuraons; agro-ecological visions; conflicts, resistances and diverse outcomes; state, capital and society relaons; mobilising opposion, creang alternaves; and change and connuity. The polics of biofuels, land and agrarian change: editors’ introducon, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Phil McMichael and Ian Scoones. Agrofuels capitalism: a view from polical economy, Ben White and Anirban Dasgupta. Agrofuels in the food regime, Phil McMichael. Forests, food, and fuel in the tropics: the uneven social and ecological consequences of the emerging polical economy of biofuels, Peter Dauvergne and Kate Neville. Assumpons in the European Union biofuels policy: fricons with experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique, Jennifer Franco, Les Levidow, David Fig, Lucia Goldfarb, Mireille Hönicke, and Maria Luisa Mendonça. Power is sweet: sugarcane in the global ethanol assemblage, Gail Hollander. Fields of Dreams: Negoang an Ethanol Agenda in the Midwest United States, Sean Gillon. Biofuels in Brazil: Debates and Impacts, John Wilkinson and Selena Herrera. Dairy Producon and Beef in Brazil: Compeng Claims on Land Use in São Paulo State, Andre Novo, Kees Jansen, Maja Slingerland and Ken Giller. Agrofuel Polics in Brazil: Paradigmac and Territorial Disputes, Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, Clifford Andrew Welch and Elienaí Constanno Gonçalves. Processes of inclusion and adverse incorporaon: oil palm and agrarian change in Sumatra, Indonesia, John McCarthy. The Biofuel Connecon – Transnaonal Acvism and the Palm Oil Boom, Oliver Pye. The polical ecology of Jatropha curcas plantaons for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India, Pere Ariza-Montobbio, Sharachchandra Lele, Giorgos Kallis and Joan Marnez-Alier. Over the heads of local people: consultaon, consent and recompense in large-scale land deals for biofuels projects in Africa, Sonja Vermeulen and Lorenzo Cotula. Big Sugar in southern Africa: rural development and the perverted potenal of sugar/ethanol exports, Ben Richardson. The polics of Jatropha-based biofuels in Kenya: Convergence and divergence among NGOs, donors, government officials and farmers, Carol Hunsberger. Table of Contents Volume 37, Issue 4 (October 2010) hp://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/jps ‘Agrofuels’ is from an original artwork (water color on 20 x 30 illustraon board, 2010) by the Filipino painter Boy Dominguez. Dominguez traces his roots from the naves of Siargao Island and Mandaya indigenous peoples in Mindanao, and the Tagalog ethnic group in Luzon.
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The Journal of Peasant StudiesSpecial Issue: The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change
Guest Editors: Philip McMichael and Ian Scoones
FREE to download for a limited time at:
The collection addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. Across sixteen articles presenting material from five regions across the North-South divide and focusing on fourteen countries including Brazil, Indonesia, India, USA and Germany, these topics are addressed within the following themes: global (re)configurations; agro-ecological visions; conflicts, resistances and diverse outcomes; state, capital and society relations; mobilising opposition, creating alternatives; and change and continuity.
The politics of biofuels, land and agrarian change: editors’ introduction, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Phil McMichael and Ian Scoones.Agrofuels capitalism: a view from political economy, Ben White and Anirban Dasgupta.Agrofuels in the food regime, Phil McMichael.Forests, food, and fuel in the tropics: the uneven social and ecological consequences of the emerging political economy of biofuels, Peter Dauvergne and Kate Neville.Assumptions in the European Union biofuels policy: frictions with experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique, Jennifer Franco, Les Levidow, David Fig, Lucia Goldfarb, Mireille Hönicke, and Maria Luisa Mendonça.Power is sweet: sugarcane in the global ethanol assemblage, Gail Hollander. Fields of Dreams: Negotiating an Ethanol Agenda in the Midwest United States, Sean Gillon. Biofuels in Brazil: Debates and Impacts, John Wilkinson and Selena Herrera. Dairy Production and Beef in Brazil: Competing Claims on Land Use in São Paulo State, Andre Novo, Kees Jansen, Maja Slingerland and Ken Giller.
Agrofuel Politics in Brazil: Paradigmatic and Territorial Disputes, Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, Clifford Andrew Welch and Elienaí Constantino Gonçalves.Processes of inclusion and adverse incorporation: oil palm and agrarian change in Sumatra, Indonesia, John McCarthy.The Biofuel Connection – Transnational Activism and the Palm Oil Boom, Oliver Pye. The political ecology of Jatropha curcas plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India, Pere Ariza-Montobbio, Sharachchandra Lele, Giorgos Kallis and Joan Martinez-Alier. Over the heads of local people: consultation, consent and recompense in large-scale land deals for biofuels projects in Africa, Sonja Vermeulen and Lorenzo Cotula.Big Sugar in southern Africa: rural development and the perverted potential of sugar/ethanol exports, Ben Richardson. The politics of Jatropha-based biofuels in Kenya: Convergence and divergence among NGOs, donors, government officials and farmers, Carol Hunsberger.
Table of Contents
Volume 37, Issue 4 (October 2010)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/jps
‘Agrofuels’ is from an original artwork (water color on 20 x 30 illustration board, 2010) by the Filipino painter Boy Dominguez. Dominguez traces his roots from the natives of Siargao Island and Mandaya indigenous peoples in Mindanao, and the Tagalog ethnic group in Luzon.
