Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Agroecology: An Idea for Urgent Times -- The Origins and Purpose of the Book -- A Roadmap to the Book -- References -- Part I: Agroecology and Sustainability Transformations -- Chapter 2: Origins, Benefits and the Political Basis of Agroecology -- History of Agroecology -- Multifunctional Benefits of Agroecology -- Improving Biodiversity -- Addressing the Climate Crisis -- Contributing to Good Nutrition -- Strengthening Social Relations -- Conceptualizing a Transformative Agroecology: Political Ecology, Political Agroecology and Food Sovereignty -- Power and Political Inertia -- References -- Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Processes of Agroecological Transformations: From Scaling to Transition to Transformation -- Agroecological Transformations Within the Multi-level Perspective -- Landscape Level -- Regime Level -- Niche Level: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty -- Our Approach: Advancing an Agency-Centric Approach to the Governance of Agroecology -- Introducing Domains of Transformation -- References -- Part II: Domains of Agroecology Transformations -- Chapter 4: Domain A: Rights and Access to Nature-Land, Water, Seeds and Biodiversity -- Enabling Conditions -- Land -- Water -- Seeds and Biodiversity -- Disabling Conditions -- Land -- Water -- Seeds and Biodiversity -- References -- Chapter 5: Domain B: Knowledge and Culture -- Enabling Conditions -- Traditional Knowledge and Culture -- Horizontal Learning -- Di�alogo de saberes -- Disabling Conditions -- References -- Chapter 6: Domain C: Systems of Economic Exchange -- Enabling Conditions -- Disabling Conditions -- References -- Chapter 7: Domain D: Networks -- Enabling Conditions -- Bringing on Board New Actors -- Disabling Conditions -- References -- Chapter 8: Domain E: Equity.

Enabling Conditions -- Disabling Conditions -- References -- Chapter 9: Domain F: Discourse -- Food Sovereignty, the Right to Food and Justice -- Participation -- Cultural Resonance -- Holism -- Livelihoods -- Ecological Modernization -- Feed the World -- References -- Part III: Drilling Down on Power and Governance in Agroecology Transformations -- Chapter 10: Power, Governance and Agroecology Transformations -- Six Effects of Governance Interventions on Agroecological Transformations -- Interventions That Undermine Agroecology and Strengthen the Regime -- Suppressing -- Co-opting -- Interventions That Maintain the Status Quo and Enable Co-existence -- Containing -- Shielding -- Interventions That Support Transformative Agroecology -- Nurturing -- Release and Anchor -- References -- Chapter 11: Reflexive Participatory Governance for Agroecological Transformations -- The Territorial Governance of Agroecology Transformations -- References -- Chapter 12: Conclusion -- Index.

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