Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggles over Food - 9781472479082

Taylor & Francis

Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggles over FoodA Comparative Study of Social Movements\nAuthor(s): Renata Motta\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472479082, 978-1472479082\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the transformation of Brazil and Argentina into two of the worlds 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 in.