Environment & Society

Contestations over knowledge – and who controls its production – are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This book critically examines the kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing needed for food sovereignty, agroecolog..

In this book the authors link issues surrounding food and alternative food movements to utopias and intentional communities. The chapters address theoretical aspects of food utopias and also present case studies from a range of contexts and regions, including Argentina, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerla..

In this book the authors link issues surrounding food and alternative food movements to utopias and intentional communities. The chapters address theoretical aspects of food utopias and also present case studies from a range of contexts and regions, including Argentina, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerla..

 Originally published in 1992, Global Development and the Environment questions the compatibility of goals for environmental protection, natural resource consequences and economic growth in relation to sustainability with essays on important topics such as biodiversity, agriculture and population is..

Through an examination of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, this book provides new, empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes. ..

Through an examination of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, this book provides new, empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes. ..

The limited sustainability of our current energy supply systems necessitates a transition to a more sustainable system. Taking a systemic, socio-cultural approach, this book provides new insights into the nature of this challenge and explores possible strategies to accelerate and guide such transiti..

The limited sustainability of our current energy supply systems necessitates a transition to a more sustainable system. Taking a systemic, socio-cultural approach, this book provides new insights into the nature of this challenge and explores possible strategies to accelerate and guide such transiti..

Our global food system is undergoing rapid change. As the transnational agrarian movement La Via Campesina celebrates its 20th anniversary, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the movement’s vision and strategies, and shows how it has contributed not only to the emergence of an alternative de..

This book asks how we can equip students and scholars with the capabilities to contribute to a more sustainable future, and the higher education curriculum can be changed in a way to facilitate the paradigm shift needed. Across the globe, a rising number of higher education institutions and academic..

Based on qualitative and quantitative data from study areas in Mali and Senegal, this book examines the relationship between population dynamics, livelihoods and environment in the Sahel region, focussing specifically on motives for migration. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_..

This book addresses a fundamental problem in applied social science and educational research: the widespread difficulty researchers and students from all disciplines face when trying to combine people-based and evidence-based research into complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the..