Soybeans and Power
Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Political Science, International
| Author: | Pablo Lapegna | ISBN: | 9780190215163 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | September 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Pablo Lapegna |
| ISBN: | 9780190215163 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication: | September 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Language: | English |
Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities. In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean expansion. Peasants initially resisted, yet ultimately adapted to the new agricultural technologies, playing an active role in their own demobilization in order to maneuver the situation to their advantage. A rare glimpse into the life cycle of a social movement, Soybeans and Power gives voice to the communities most adversely affected by GM technology and the strategies that they have enacted in order to survive.
Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities. In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean expansion. Peasants initially resisted, yet ultimately adapted to the new agricultural technologies, playing an active role in their own demobilization in order to maneuver the situation to their advantage. A rare glimpse into the life cycle of a social movement, Soybeans and Power gives voice to the communities most adversely affected by GM technology and the strategies that they have enacted in order to survive.
