Focusing on the demands of the new innovative, sustainable and inclusive rural development paradigm, the monograph raises the discussion regarding new approaches and success factors that are vital in current rural socio-economic development and policy transformations. The bottom-up policymaking,...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: New Social Movements: Theories and Approaches -- Chapter 3: Social Movements as Drivers of Paradigm Innovations in Rural Development -- Chapter 4: Actors of New Rural Social Movements as Agents of Change -- Chapter 5: Rural Paradigm Shift and New Social...

This open access book explores bioeconomy and bioenergy policies across South America, Asia and Europe. It discusses how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. A series of conceptual discussions and...

1. Introduction. Contextualising the Bioeconomy in an Unequal World: Biomass Sourcing and Global Socio-ecological Inequalities; Maria Backhouse, Rosa Lehmann, Kristina Lorenzen, Janina Puder, Fabricio Rodríguez, Anne Tittor -- Part 1 Rethinking the Bioeconomy, Energy, and Value Production -- 2....