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. Series: Global and Comparative Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 bw line art; 14 bw halftone. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFMG; JHMC; KCM; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354. . 2016. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina (Global and Comparative Ethnography)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0190215143
ISBN 13: 9780190215149
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

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

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