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Review of "Seeds of power: Environmental injustice and genetically modified soybeans in Argentina" (2022)

Marlene Gómez Becerra (Author)

Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Publication date: 2022
Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/25729861.2021.2003010

URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2021.2003010

Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: Digital journal

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Genetically modified foods (GMO) Hegemony Food and foods Science and technology studies (STS) Social movements Biopolitics 20th century, late 21st century

This paper aims to review three books that inform us about the diverse relations of power and power asymmetries in the entry of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada. From a political economy and an agrarian and peasant studies perspective, the authors show that not only the set of rules of national institutions, global corporations, and the global market establish the basis that favor the entry of GEOs. Instead, the conjugation of power asymmetries performed by different actors in power, historical processes, and gender and race inequalities are the ones that trace the path for a realignment of the agrarian system supported by science and based on the stigmatization of social movements.

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Book Renata Motta (2016) Social mobilization, global capitalism and struggles over food: A comparative study of social movements. unapi

Book Abby J. Kinchy (2012) Seeds, science, and struggle: The global politics of transgenic crops. unapi

Book Amalia Leguizamón (2020) Seeds of power: Environmental injustice and genetically modified soybeans in Argentina. unapi

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