Amalia Leguizamón (Author)
Duke University Press
Publication date: 2020
Language: English
Physical Details: 207
SEEDS OF POWER explores the adoption and implementation of genetically modified (GM), herbicide-tolerant soybeans in Argentina, arguing that GM crops are not a technological solution promoting sustainable development, but rather, a tool of power that serves to create quiescence and consent in the face of environmental injustice. As the third largest global grower and exporter of GM crops, Argentina serves as an important case study to highlight the resulting agrochemical spraying, deforestation, and violent displacement of peasant and indigenous populations. Amalia Leguizamón explores the emergence of and obstacles to collective environmental action over the past decade. Leguizamón employs the analytical framework of "synergies of power" to describe the actors that create and legitimate human suffering, social inequality, and environmental degradation, while also working to diminish the power of social movements against extractivism. (Publisher)
...MoreReview Marlene Gómez Becerra (2022) Review of "Seeds of power: Environmental injustice and genetically modified soybeans in Argentina". Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society.
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