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The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008
This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolism with an agroecological perspective. This integrative analysis is especially interesting for environmental scientists and policy makers being the best way to design sustainable agroecosystems and public policies capable of moving us towards a more sustainable food system. Spanish agricultural producti...
The Social Metabolism
Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent that there are now dozens of researchers, hundreds of articles and several books that have adopted and use this concept. However, there is a great deal of variety in terms of definitions and interpretations, as well as different methodologies around this concept, which prevents the consolidation of a unified field of new knowledge. The fundamental aim of the book is to conduct a review of the past and present usage of the concept of social metabolism, its origins and history, as well as the main currents or schools that exist around this concept...
Political Agroecology
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 experiences possible, turning them into the foundation of a new and alternative food regime. The book proposes theoretical, practical and epistemological foundations of a new theoretical and practical field of work for agroecologists: Political Agroecology. It establishes a framework for a common agroe...
Energy in Agroecosystems
Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability is the first book on energy analysis that is up-to-date and specifically dedicated to agriculture. It is written from an agroecological perspective and goes beyond the conventional analysis of the efficient use of energy. The book provide a methodological guide to assess energy efficiency and sustainability from an eco-energetic point of view. Case studies from both Europe and America, which are representative of today’s most used scales of analysis (crop, farm, local or national) and the different farm management practices (traditional, industrialized, and contemporary organic), apply this methodology This book will be of primary interest to researchers, practitioners, and students working in the areas of agroecology, sustainable agriculture, environmental science, energy analysis, natural resources management, rural development and international development.
La cuestión agraria en la Historia de Andalucía. Nuevas perspectivas
Este trabajo reúne los textos de cinco investigadores – Manuel González de Molina, Ricardo Robledo, José Manuel Naredo, Manuel Delgado Cabeza y Gloria Guzmán– que contribuyen a derribar los distintos mitos historiográficos y económicos que durante décadas han servido para trazar la imagen de la cuestión agraria en Andalucía. ‘La cuestión agraria en la historia de Andalucía’, es la sexta entrega de la Colección Cuadernos de Andalucía en la Historia Contemporánea del Centro de Estudios Andaluces. Coordinado por el catedrático de Historia Contemporánea de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Manuel González de Molina, los trabajos que aparecen recogidos en el monográfico explican las similitudes, las diferencias y la actualidad del viejo lema campesino: “La tierra para el que la trabaja”. Los investigadores que participan en esta obra colectiva derriban los mitos que han servido para transmitir una imagen inmovilista del tema. Esta obra es un texto de consulta obligada que instruye acerca del pasado, el presente y el futuro de la desequilibrada distribución de la tierra en Andalucía y de sus posibles alternativas.
The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008
This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolism with an agroecological perspective. This integrative analysis is especially interesting for environmental scientists and policy makers being the best way to design sustainable agroecosystems and public policies capable of moving us towards a more sustainable food system. Spanish agricultural producti...
The Social Metabolism
Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent that there are now dozens of researchers, hundreds of articles and several books that have adopted and use this concept. However, there is a great deal of variety in terms of definitions and interpretations, as well as different methodologies around this concept, which prevents the consolidation of a unified field of new knowledge. The fundamental aim of the book is to conduct a review of the past and present usage of the concept of social metabolism, its origins and history, as well as the main currents or schools that exist around this concept...
Rerouting Galician Studies
This book—aimed at both the general reader and the specialist—offers a transatlantic, transnational, and multidisciplinary cartography of the rapidly expanding intellectual field of Galician Studies. In the twenty-one essays that comprise the volume, leading scholars based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand engage with this field from the perspectives of queer theory, Atlantic and diasporic thought, political ecology, hydropoetics, theories of space, trauma and memory studies, exile, national/postnational approaches, linguistic ideologies, ethnographic poetry and photography, Galician language in the US academic curriculum, the politics of children’s books, film and visual studies, the interrelation of painting and literature, and material culture. Structured around five organizational categories (Frames, Routes, Readings, Teachings, and Visualities), and adopting a pluricentric view of Galicia as an analytical subject of study, the book brings cutting-edge debates in Galician Studies to a broad international readership.
Metabolismos, naturaleza e historia
Las corrientes hegemónicas en las ciencias sociales siguen siendo tributarias de la ilusión metafísica que embargó la modernidad y que separó al ser humano de la naturaleza, generando una ficción antropocéntrica que aún persiste. Este libro está dedicado a establecer las bases de la necesaria reconciliación del discurso y la práctica de las ciencias sociales con el mundo físico y biológico. La historia, que estudia la especie humana desde su aparición sobre la Tierra, resulta un campo de conocimiento especialmente indicado para ello. Este esfuerzo de reconciliación parte de la consideración del sistema social como una parte más de los sistemas naturales. Propone y desarrolla...
