"Biofuels and the Globalisation of Risk" offers the reader a fresh and
compelling analysis of the politics and policies behind the biofuel story,
critically examining the technological optimism and often-idealised promises it
makes for the future. Starting with a brief history of bioenergy policy, the
book goes on to explore the evolution of biofuels as a policy narrative, as a
development ideal and as a socio-technical system through a series of
interlinked case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Smith argues that
the nature of biofuels, so debated and contested, allow us to understand the
relationships between and possible impacts of climate change, globalisation and
development in