Soybeans and Power - Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, Social Movements

Zusatztext Pablo Lapegna's book, Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina, offers a deeply theorized and beautifully written ethnography of how peasants and their organizations in the northern part of Argentina have experienced, understood, mobilized against, and ultimately accommodated themselves to the arrival of transgenic soy... Ultimately, Soy and Power is an excellent and intellectually stimulating read. Informationen zum Autor Pablo Lapegna is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Pablo Lapegna, Pablo (Assistant Professor of Sociology Lapegna, Lapegna Pablo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2016
• EAN: 9780190215132
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021513-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Global and Comparative Ethnogr; Global and Comparative Ethnography
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Argentina, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SCIENCE / Ethics, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agriculture & Related Industries