Transformation and sustainability in agriculture Connecting practice with social theory /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vellema, Sietze (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers : Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2011.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.

Public pressure and societal changes induce interventions and policies, which aim to transform agriculture and food provision. This book shows that for upscaling novel practices and organizational models it is important to include meso-level regime aspects in analysis and practice. The argument pres...

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• Acknowledgements
• 1. Transformation and sustainability in agriculture: connecting practice with social theory; S. Vellema
• 2. New institutional economics: Douglass North and Masahiko Aoki; G. Meijerink
• 3. Social systems and social engineering: Niklas Luhmann; K. van Assche et al
• 4. The role of social networks: Mark Granovetter; M. Reinders
• 5. Doubt management as a tool for change: Karl E. Weick; T. Selnes, C. Termeer
• 6. Power and discipline in transitions: Michel Foucault; M. Duineveld, G. Dix
• 7. Materiality, nature and technology in agriculture: Ted Benton; S. Vellema
• 8. Sustainable greenhouse horticulture and energy provision: two regional transition processes compared; J. Buurma, M. Ruijs
• 9. The reconstruction of livestock farming in the Netherlands; C. de Lauwere, S. Vellema
• 10. Seed provision in developing economies: converting business models; R.C. Wiersinga et al
• 11. Changing the crop protection or pesticide use regime in the Netherlands: an analysis of public debate; J. Buurma
• Contributors.