Biofuels and the Globalization of Risk The Biggest Change in North-South Relationships since Colonialism?

Name: Biofuels and the Globalization of Risk The Biggest Change in North-South Relationships since Colonialism?
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ISBN: 9781848135727

ISBN-10: 1848135726

ISBN-13: 9781848135727

Edition: 2010

Authors: Professor James Smith

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Biofuels and the Globalisation of Riskoffers the reader a fresh and compelling analysis of the politics and policies behind the biofuel story, critically examining the technological optimism and often-idealised promises it makes for the future. Starting with a brief history of bioenergy policy, the book goes on to explore the evolution of biofuels as a policy narrative, as a development ideal and as a socio-technical system through a series of interlinked case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Smith argues that the nature of biofuels, so debated and contested, allow us to understand the relationships between and possible impacts of climate change, globalisation and development in…

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List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 11/11/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



Reconstituting Risk: The Globalisation of Risk and Responsibility



Biofuels and the Politics of the Future



Mapping the Metabolism of Bioenergy



Biofuel Policy and Indian Global-Local Dialectics



Sugar-coated: Bioethanol and Energy in the South



Energy and the Unglobalisation of Food



Conclusion