1st Edition

Political Agroecology Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems

218 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

218 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

218 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspective. It defines the disciplinary field responsible for designing and producing actions, institutions and regulations aimed at achieving agrarian sustainability. In short, it aims to build a political theory that makes the scaling-up of agroecological... Read more

Introduction. 1.Theoretical foundations of Political Agroecology 2.The industrialization of agriculture and the enlargement of the food chain 3. A regime on the road to collapse 4. Cognitive frameworks and institutional design for an agroecological transition 5.Scaling Agroecology 6. The agents of the agroecological transition 7. The role of the State and public policies 8.References

Biography

Manuel González de Molina

Full Professor of Modern History. Coordinator of the Agro-Ecosystems History Laboratory (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain). Co-director of Master Degree Program on Agro-ecology at International University of Andalusia from 1996 to now.

Paulo Federico Petersen

Doctorate in Environmental Studies from Pablo de Olavide University (Spain), Master in Agroecology and Rural Development from the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Spain), Graduated in Agronomy from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil). Executive coordinator of the NGO AS-PTA - Family Agriculture and Agroecology, vice-president of ABA-Agroecology (Brazilian Association of Agroecology) and editor-in-chief of "Agriculturas: experiencias em agroecologia" magazine.

Francisco Garrido Peña

PhD in Philosophy of Law (Universidad de Granada) and full professor on Politics and Law at Universidad de Jaén (Spain). His research activity is focused on Political Ecology, Ethics and Institutional Design.

Francisco Roberto Caporal:

PhD in Agroecology, Peasantry and History, from the Institute of Sociology and Peasant Studies (Córdoba University, Spain). Master in Rural Extension by Federal University of Santa Maria (1991) and graduate in Agronomy, Federal University of Santa Maria (1975). Currently, he works as Associate Professor of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, in the Department of Education, teaching in Rural Extension.