The Bioeconomy by Nicolas Befort - 9780367610418

Name: The Bioeconomy by Nicolas Befort - 9780367610418
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The BioeconomyInstitutions, Innovation and Sustainability\nAuthor(s): Nicolas Befort\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367610418, 978-0367610418\nSynopsis\nThe bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in regional, national and European public policies. As it encompasses the transformation of agricultural, marine and organic resources into food, feed, fuels, energy and materials, the bioeconomy should become a major new industry, outlining the possibility of a post-fossil future. This book is the first attempt to depict the origins, formation and challenges of this new industry in terms of emerging institutions, innovation and economic strategies. The result of this work is that the substitution of raw materials alone is not enough to get out of the fossil economy.\n\nThis book develops a political economy of the ecological transition which theorizes the transition as a new crisis of capitalism. This phase i.