Agri-environmental Governance as an Assemblage : Multiplicity, Power, and Transformation Paperback / softback
Edited by Jeremie (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) Forney, Chris (Lincoln University, New Zealand) Rosin, Hugh (University of Otago, New Zealand) Campbell
Part of the Earthscan Food and Agriculture series
Paperback / softback
Description
In recent decades, the governance of the environment in agri-food systems has emerged as a crucial challenge.
A multiplicity of actors have been enrolled in this process, with the private sector and civil society progressively becoming key components in a global context often described as neoliberalization.
Agri-environmental governance (AEG) thus gathers a highly complex assemblage of actors and instruments, with multiple interrelations. This book addresses this complexity, challenging traditional modes of research and explanation in social science and agri-food studies.
To do so, it draws on multiple theoretical and methodological insights, applied to case studies from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
It elaborates an emergent approach to AEG practices as assemblages, looking at the coming-together of multiple actors with diverse trajectories and objectives.
The book lays the foundations for an encompassing theoretical framework that transcends pre-existing categories, as well as promoting innovative methodologies, which integrate the role of social actors - including scientists - in the construction of new assemblages.
The chapters define, first, the multiplicities and agencies inherent to AEG assemblages.
A second set tackles the question of the politics in AEG assemblages, where political hierarchies interweave with economic power and the search for more democratic and participative approaches.
Finally, these insights are developed in the form of assemblage practice and methodology.
The book challenges social scientists to confront the shortcomings of existing approaches and consider alternative answers to questions about environmental governance of agri-food systems.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2021
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- ISBN:9780367508319
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367508319
