The Bioeconomy

Institutions, Innovation and Sustainability

Nicolas Befort

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Routledge
22 March 2023

Environmental economics; Political economy; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

The 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.

This book develops a political economy of the ecological transition which theorizes the transition as a new crisis of capitalism. This phase is characterized by stakeholders’ attempts to develop renewed rationales and strategies to take control of the reorganization of flows of natural resources, their outcomes and their evaluation. The proposed framework considers recent results in four complementary research strands: transition studies, institutional economics, ecological economics and the evolutionary economics of innovation.

The book will be of interest to researchers interested in the development of the bioeconomy, and both researchers and students seeking to understand the role of heterodox economics in the ecological transition.

By: Nicolas Befort
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780367610401
ISBN 10: 036761040X
Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 22 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"1. Introduction 2. A political economy of the ecological transition towards a post-fossil economy 3. From the development of industrial chemistry to the emergence of the bioeconomy 4. The institutional architecture of the bioeconomy 5. Alliance-driven governance and the relationship of firms to territories in the bioeconomy 6. Product development in the bioeconomy, the case of lactic acid and PLA 7. The case of the two other ""small molecules"": succinic acid and levulinic acid Conclusion: post-fossil economy and transition: making the future happen today"

Nicolas Befort is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Chair in Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development, NEOMA Business School, France. He is also Associated Research Fellow to LISIS (INRAE, CNRS, University Gustave Eiffel).