Pablo Lapegna

Soybeans and Power

Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina

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Produktbeschreibung

In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna investigates the ways in which rural populations cope with GM soybean expansion in Argentina, a major player in the use and export of GM crops. Based on over a decade of ethnographic research, Lapegna reveals the reasons why many local communities initially resisted, yet ultimately accepted GM crops.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780190215149
• ISBN-10: 0190215143
• Artikelnr.: 47863934

Autorenporträt

Pablo Lapegna is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* GM Crops, Global Ethnography, and the Dynamics of De-Mobilization
* Chapter One: The Dark Side of the Boom
* Neoliberalization, GM Soybeans, and Environmental Change in Argentina
* Chapter Two: Emergence
* Peasants, Politics, and Patrons: Rural Social Movements in Formosa
(1970s-2000s)
* Chapter Three: Contention
* Peasants Confronting GM Soybeans and Agrochemical Exposure (2003)
* Chapter Four: Demobilization
* Peasants, Governments, and Constituents Across Political Scales
(2004-2013)
* Chapter Five: Accommodation
* Peasants Negotiating GM Crops and Agrochemical Exposure (2009-2013)
* Conclusion: Companion Planting
* The Crucible of GM Crops, Global Processes, and Social Movements
* Appendix: On the Ethnographic Craft