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Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggles over Food - A Comparative Study of Social Movements (Paperback)
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Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggles over Food - A Comparative Study of Social Movements (Paperback)
Series: Entangled Inequalities: Exploring Global Asymmetries
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This book explores the transformation of Brazil and Argentina into
two of the world's largest producers of genetically modified (GM)
crops. Systematically comparing their stories in order to explain
their paths, differences, ruptures and changes, the author reveals
that the emergence of the two nations as leading producers of GM
crops cannot be explained by technological superiority of
biotechnology; rather, their trajectories are the results of
political struggles surrounding agrarian development, in which
social movements and the rural poor contested the advancement of
biotechnologically-based agrarian models, but have been silenced,
ignored, or demobilized by a network of actors in favour of GM
crops. Based on rich interview and media material collected amongst
activists, the author highlights the importance of political
struggles over GM crops not only to debates on agrarian futures and
food security, but also as illustrations of the challenges faced by
contemporary democracies. An international comparative study, this
book raises the question of how social mobilization and rights
claims can counter the systemic imperatives of global capitalism
and political interests, at a time when regional governments are
reliant on commodity booms, whilst globally, governments are
obliged to introduce programmes of austerity. As such it will
appeal to scholars of sociology, political science and geography
with interests in social movements, development, globalization,
inequality and political economy.
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