ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the spatial dynamics of the political ecology of agrofuels beyond a one-dimensional and state-centred analysis of North-South relations. Its aim is twofold: outlining the analytical potential that spatial categories have for politico-ecological research on agrofuels; and tracing the distinctive socio-spatial dynamics that are created through agrofuel politics. Territorialization can be understood as processes of spatial-administrative re-organization. Early globalization theorists argued that in the era of globalization, territorial boundaries may lose their functionality for political authority. The production of agrofuels takes place within transnational networks, capital movement and investment decisions that drive them happen at a global scale of the 'space of flows' of 'globally integrated financial markets'. The spatial analysis of agrofuels shows us that place-based struggles addressing national policies are not enough to deal with the new power concentrations of the global production networks and global financial markets.
