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Soybeans and power genetically modified crops, environmental politics, and social movements in Argentina

Title
Soybeans and power [electronic resource] : genetically modified crops, environmental politics, and social movements in Argentina / Pablo Lapegna.
Author
Lapegna, Pablo.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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Description
1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) : illustrations, map.
Series Statement
Global and comparative ethnography
Uniform Title
Soybeans and power (Online)
Alternative Title
Soybeans and power (Online)
Subject
  • Social movements > Argentina
  • Environmental policy > Argentina
  • Plant genetic engineering
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2016002350
OCLC
ssj0001734765
Author
Lapegna, Pablo.
Title
Soybeans and power [electronic resource] : genetically modified crops, environmental politics, and social movements in Argentina / Pablo Lapegna.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series
Global and comparative ethnography
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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