Manuel González De Molina - Political Agroecology

Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems

Advances in Agroecology

Series Editors:

Clive A. Edwards, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Stephen R. Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz, California

Structure and Function in Agroecosystem Design and Management, edited by Masae Shiyomi and Hiroshi Koizumi

Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management, edited by Lech Ryszkowski

Tropical Agroecosystems, edited by John H. Vandermeer

Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems, edited by Adel El Titi

Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems, by Mario Giampietro

Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture, edited by Fred Magdoff and Ray R. Weil

Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate, edited by Paul C.D. Newton, R. Andrew Carran, Grant R. Edwards, and Pascal A. Niklaus

Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems, by Thomas Gitau, Margaret W. Gitau, and David Waltner-Toews

Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics and Society, edited by Patrick J. Bohlen and Gar House

The Conversion to Sustainable Agriculture: Principles, Processes, and Practices, edited by Stephen R. Gliessman and Martha Rosemeyer

Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies, edited by Noureddine Benkeblia

Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels, edited by David Pimentel

Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems, edited by Tanya Cheeke, David C. Coleman, and Diana H. Wall

Land Use Intensification: Effects on Agriculture, Biodiversity, and Ecological Processes, edited by David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham, and Andrew Young

Agroecology, Ecosystems, and Sustainability, edited by Noureddine Benkeblia

Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach, edited by V. Ernesto Mndez, Christopher M. Bacon, Roseann Cohen, Stephen R. Gliessman

Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability, by Gloria I. Guzmn Casado and Manuel Gonzlez de Molina

Agroecology in China: Science, Practice, and Sustainable Management, edited by Luo Shiming and Stephen R. Gliessman

Climate Change and Crop Production: Foundations for Agroecosystem Resilience, edited by Noureddine Benkeblia

Environmental Resilience and Food Law: Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology, edited by Gabriela Steier, Alberto Giulio Cianci

Political Agroecology: Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems, by Manuel Gonzlez de Molina, Paulo Frederico Petersen, Francisco Garrido Pea, Francisco Roberto Caporal

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Manuel Gonzlez de Molina
Paulo Frederico Petersen
Francisco Garrido Pea
Francisco Roberto Caporal

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Cover Art (by Lucia Vignoli)

The cover illustration, Buen Vivir, was created by Lucia Vignoli and Joana Lyra, artist-faculty members of the ArteGestoAo Research Group (ArtGestureAction) linked to the Instituto Nacional de Educacin de Sordos [National Institute of Deaf People], Brazil. Produced with manual paintings and stamps, the image is inspired by a traditional West African communication system, the Adinkras stamps, vehicles of information and values with aesthetic, ethical and political meanings. The composition reveals a system of interactions in which humans and non-humans are organically integrated into the reproduction of Buen Vivir.

Manuel Gonzlez de Molina

Full Professor of Modern History. Coordinator of the Agro-Ecosystems History Laboratory (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain). Co-director of Master Degree Program on Agroecology at International University of Andalusia from 1996 to present. President of the Spanish Society for Agrarian History (www.seha.info) and member of the editorial board of the ISI-refereed journal Historia Agraria [Agrarian History Review], Anthropoce and Sustainability. Vice-President of the Spanish Society for Organic Agriculture (SEAE) from 2006 to 2014. Minister of the Department of Organic Agriculture of the Andalusia Government (Spain) from 2004 to 2007. Author of several books, among the most recent: The Social Metabolism. A Socioecological Theory of Historical Change (Springer, 2014), Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability