Transformation and sustainability in agriculture : : connecting practice with social theory / / edited by Sietze Vellema.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (158 pages) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.