genetically modified crops, environmental politics, and social movements in Argentina /
Pablo Lapegna.
New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
1 online resource (xx, 248 pages)
Global and comparative ethnography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- GM crops, global ethnography, and the dynamics of de-mobilization -- The dark side of the boom -- Neoliberalization, GM soybeans, and environmental change in Argentina -- Emergence -- Peasants, politics, and patrons : rural social movements in Formosa (1970s-2000s) -- Contention -- Peasants confronting gm soybeans and agrochemical exposure -- Demobilization -- Peasants, governments, and constituents across political scales (2004-2013) -- 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 -- References.
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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.