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by Kean Birch (Author)
About the Author
Kean Birch is a Senior Associate of the Innovation Policy Lab, University of Toronto, Canada.
About this book
In this book, Kean Birch analyses the co-construction of markets and natures in the emerging bio-economy as a policy response to global environmental change. The bio-economy is an economic system characterized by the use of plants and other biological materials rather than fossil fuels to produce energy, chemicals, and societal goods. Over the last decade or so, numerous countries around the world have developed bio-economy strategies as a potential transition pathway to a low-carbon future. Whether this is achievable or not remains an open question, one which this book seeks to answer. In addressing this question, Kean Birch draws on over ten years of research on the bio-economy around the world, but especially in North America. He examines what kinds of markets and natures are being imagined and constructed in the pursuit of the bio-economy, and problematizes the idea that this is being driven by neoliberalism and the neoliberalization of nature(s).
Table of contents
1 Introduction 1
Introduction 1
Our Global Climate Challenge 3
Low-Carbon Transitions: The Case of the Bio-Economy 5
Environmental Economic Geographies: Neoliberal Natures? Neoliberal Bio-Economies? 8
Empirical Material and Outline of the Book 10
References 12
2 Neoliberal Bio-Economies? 17
Introduction 17
Understanding Neoliberalism 20
Neoliberalizing Nature 23
Understanding Nature-Economy Relations 27
The Co-Construction of Markets and Natures 34
Conclusion 37
References 38
3 Background to Emerging Bio-Economies 45
Introduction 45
Climate Change and Low-Carbon Futures 47
Bioenergy and Liquid Biofuels 51
The Emerging Bio-Economy 64
Conclusion 70
References 71
4 Bio-Economy Policy Visions 79
Introduction 79
Imagined Futures: Policy Visions and Policy Frameworks 81
Emergent Imaginaries in the Canadian Bio-Economy 84
Fragmented Policy Frameworks in the Canadian Bio-Economy 93
Conclusion 99
References 100
5 Legitimating Bio-Economies 105
Introduction 105
Neoliberal Natures and Political-Economic Materialities, or Material Political Economy 107
A Bioenergy Regime? 110
Political Materialities of Bio-based Energy: The Case of Ontario 112
Conclusion 120
References 121
6 Material Limits to Bio-Economies 127
Introduction 127
Neoliberalism, Market Development, and Societal Transitions 129
Bio-Economy Policy Strategies and Market Development Policies Around the World 132
Market Development Policies in Advanced Biofuels Market: Canadian Case Study 143
Conclusion 152
References 153
7 Co-Constructing Markets and Natures in Bio-Economies 159
Introduction 159
Social Natures, Material Markets 161
The Co-construction of Markets and Natures in the Development of Advanced Biofuels 166
Conclusion 184
References 185
8 Conclusions: Alternative Bio-Economies 189
Introduction 189
Some Theoretical Implications of My Argument 191
Alternative Bio-Economies Out There 194
Conclusions: What Does All This Mean? 197
References 199
Index 205
Length: 208 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (July 4, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9783319914237
ISBN-13: 978-3319914237
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