Contents

List of tables and figures

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

1.1 A changing agriculture

1.2 Agricultural systems in transition: from productivism to post-productivism to multifunctionality?

1.3 Aims of the book: conceptualising multifunctional agriculture

1.4 Structure of the book

Part 1 Conceptualising transition

2. Theorising transition

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Transition theory – theorising transition

2.3 Models of transition

2.4 Conclusions

3. Transitions: social and natural science debates

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Transitions from ‘isms’ to ‘post-isms’: insights into the debates

3.3 Demographic, technological, environmentalist and evolutionary transitions

3.4 Transition theory and Cartesian dualistic thinking

3.5 Conclusions

4. Reconceptualising transition: the complexity of transitory systems

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Temporal linearity or non-linearity?

4.3 Spatial homogeneity or heterogeneity?

4.4 Global universality or complexity?

4.5 Structural causality or structure-agency inconsistency?

4.6 Applying transition theory to the evolution of agricultural systems

4.7 Conclusions

Part 2 From productivist to post-productivist agriculture … and back again?

5. Productivist agriculture

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Approaches underlying conceptualisations of the productivist/post-productivist transition

5.3 The seven dimensions of productivist agriculture

5.4 Conclusions

6. Post-productivist agriculture

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Conceptualising post-productivism

6.3 The seven dimensions of post-productivist agriculture

6.4 Conceptualising the transition towards post-productivism

6.5 Conclusions

7. ‘Post-productivism’ or ‘non-productivism’?

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Scientific critiques of the productivism/post-productivism transition model

7.3 Transition theory and the four fallacies of the productivism/post-productivism transition model

7.4 The productivist/non-productivist spectrum of decision-making

7.5 Conclusions

Part 3 Conceptualising multifunctional agricultural transitions

8. Contemporary conceptualisations of multifunctionality

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Multifunctionality

8.3 Current conceptualisations of multifunctional agriculture

8.4 Cultural interpretations and the spatiality of the multifunctionality concept: neo-liberalism, trade issues and political retrenchment

8.5 Multifunctionality and (the lack of) theory

8.6 Conclusions

9. (Re)conceptualising multifunctionality

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Multifunctionality and the productivist/non-productivist boundaries of decision-making

9.3 Multifunctionality and the boundaries of ‘agriculture’

9.4 Weak, moderate and strong multifunctionality: a normative view

9.5 The geography of multifunctionality

9.6 Conclusions

10. Multifunctional agricultural transitions

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Exploring transitional potential: constraints and opportunities for multifunctional decision-making pathways

10.3 Multifunctional transitions at farm level

10.4 Managing transitions

10.5 Conclusions

11. Conclusions

11.1 What this book has attempted to do

11.2 How this book can serve as a platform for future research

11.3 And finally: throwing down the gauntlet …

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Index

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