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The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology

A Companion in Honour of Joan Martinez-Alier

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Editors:
  1. Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

    1. ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Roldan Muradian

    1. Faculty of Economics, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

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  • This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
  • First systematic account of the Barcelona School of ecological economics and political ecology
  • Presents interdisciplinary scope of contributions, covering a wide range of geographical origins
  • Constitutes an homage to the long academic trajectory of Joan Martinez-Alier

Part of the book series: Studies in Ecological Economics (SEEC, volume 8)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Justification and Scope of the Book

      • Roldan Muradian, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas
      Pages 3-8Open Access
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    3. A Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology

      • Joan Martínez-Alier
      Pages 9-15Open Access
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    4. The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology: Building Bridges Between Moving Shores

      • Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Brototi Roy, Roldan Muradian
      Pages 17-33Open Access
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  3. Epistemological Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Metaphysical Midwifery and the Living Legacy of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

      • Katharine N. Farrell
      Pages 37-46Open Access
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    3. Languages of Valuation

      • Christos Zografos
      Pages 47-58Open Access
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    4. Post-development: From the Critique of Development to a Pluriverse of Alternatives

      • Federico Demaria, Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Alberto Acosta
      Pages 59-69Open Access
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    5. Indigenous and Local Knowledge Contributions to Social-Ecological Systems’ Management

      • Victoria Reyes-García
      Pages 71-81Open Access
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    6. Degrowth and the Barcelona School

      • Giorgos Kallis
      Pages 83-90Open Access
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  4. Social Metabolism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Agrarian Metabolism and Socio-ecological Transitions to Agroecology Landscapes

      • Enric Tello, Manuel González de Molina
      Pages 93-107Open Access
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    3. Multi-scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

      • Mario Giampietro
      Pages 109-121Open Access
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    4. Materials Flow Analysis in Latin America

      • Mario Alejandro Pérez-Rincón
      Pages 123-135Open Access
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    5. Biophysical Approaches to Food System Analysis in Latin America

      • Jesus Ramos-Martin, Fander Falconí
      Pages 137-145Open Access
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    6. Ecologically Unequal Exchange: The Renewed Interpretation of Latin American Debates by the Barcelona School

      • Beatriz Macchione Saes
      Pages 147-155Open Access
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    7. Flow/Fund Theory and Rural Livelihoods

      • Jose Carlos Silva-Macher
      Pages 157-164Open Access
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    8. Deceitful Decoupling: Misconceptions of a Persistent Myth

      • Alevgul H. Sorman
      Pages 165-177Open Access
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  5. Environmental Justice Conflicts and Alternatives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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About this book

In this open access book, ecological economics and political ecology traditions converge into a single academic school. The book constitutes a common ground where multiple and critical voices are expressed, covering a broad scope of urgent matters at the crossroad between society, economy and the natural environment. The manuscripts composing this compendium offer appealing material for both experienced and younger researchers interested in interdisciplinary exchanges in the field of the social environmental sciences. It combines historical accounts with recent theoretical and empirical developments revolving around the interaction between three foundational notions of the Barcelona School: social metabolism, environmental justice and self-reflective science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

  • Faculty of Economics, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

    Roldan Muradian

About the editors

Sergio Vilamayor-Tomas is an environmental social scientist trained in political science (Master’s in Public Policy at Sciences Po Paris), and in institutional and ecological economics (PhD Environmental Policy and Management, at the Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University). He has held positions at Humboldt University and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL-ETH). Currently he is Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). His research interests revolve around collective action theory and its application to the study of community-based natural resource management, conservation instruments, climate change adaptation and environmental justice movements. He has carried field research in the Global South (Mexico and Colombia) and North (Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the US), and combined quantitative and qualitative methods, including economic and choice experiments, large-n survey research, qualitative comparative analysis and qualitative meta-analyses.

Roldan Muradian holds a PhD in ecological economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He works currently at the Faculty or Economics of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has worked at the universities of Tilburg and Nijmegen (the Netherlands). During the period 2022–2023 he will be the President of the International Society for Ecological Economics. His research interests include a wide range of issues, including environmental governance, global value chains and human-nature relations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology

  • Book Subtitle: A Companion in Honour of Joan Martinez-Alier

  • Editors: Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Roldan Muradian

  • Series Title: Studies in Ecological Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22566-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22565-9Published: 01 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-22568-0Published: 01 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-22566-6Published: 28 February 2023

  • Series ISSN: 1389-6954

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-9531

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 400

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Economics, Ecology, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development

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