Reclaiming the Knowledge Economy

TRAMA

This book offers a critical analysis of the diverse knowledge and knowledge production  processes  through  which ‘alternative  agro-food networks’  can constitute a more plural ‘knowledge economy’. It provides critical sociological and political economic insights that help problematise dominant capitalocentric and technocentric framings of the ‘knowledge (bio)economy’. It will appeal to researchers, practitioners and policy-makers  with  an  interest  in  supporting inclusive research, policy and innovation agendas for sustainability.

SOMMARIO

1. Introduction: Bringing Together Alternative Agro-Food Networks and the Knowledge Economy: Why This Study, Why Now?2. Re-inventing Capitalism through the Knowledge Economy3. Understanding the Agro-Food Economy as a Knowledge Economy4. Researching Alternative Agro-food Networks in the aftermath of the knowledge economy5. Re-thinking the Knowledge Economy through Alternative Agro-food Networks6. Conclusions: Reclaiming the Knowledge Economy.

AUTORE

Katerina Psarikidou is lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, UK.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9789811668425
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm Ø 374 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XI, 170 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 170
• Pagine Romane: xi