Rosa Lehmann

Taking ordinary people in a small southern Polish village as a case study, Lehmann (Menasseh Ben Israel Institute for Jewish Social and Cultural Studies) explores the complex nature of relationships between Poles and Jews as they have been hammered out by composite historical processes. Her study does not offer an answer to whether or not Polish anti-semitism is special, nor does it pass judgement on any of the people concerned with it. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Poles and Jews in a Small Galician Town

Symbiosis and Ambivalence

Anne Tittor

Maria Backhouse

Kristina Lorenzen

Malte Lühmann

Janina Puder

Fabricio Rodríguez

This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically rich discussion of bioeconomy developments with a particular focus on bio-based energy. A series of conceptual discussions and case studies with a multidisciplinary background in the social sciences illuminate how the deployment of biomass sources from the agricultural and forestry sectors affect societal changes concerning knowledge production, land and labour relations, political participation and international trade. How can a global perspective on socio-ecological inequalities contribute to a complex and critical understanding of bioeconomy? Who participates in the negotiation of specific bioeconomy policies and who does not? Who determines the agenda? To what extent does the bioeconomy affect existing socio-ecological inequalities in rural areas? What are the implications of the bioeconomy for existing relations of extraction and inequalities across regions? The volume is an invitation to reflect upon these questions and more, at a time when the need for an ecological and socially just transition away from a carbon intensive economy is becoming increasingly pressing.

Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production

Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities

Rosa Lehmann

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