Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggles over Food

This book explores the transformation of Brazil and Argentina into two of the world’s largest producers of genetically modified (GM) crops.The author reveals that this transformation cannot be explained by superiority of biotechnology. Rather, it is the result of political struggles whereby social movements and the rural poor are silenced, ignored, or demobilized. _x005F_x000D_ Using interviews and media material, these struggles are used add to debates on agrarian futures, and illustrate challenges faced by contemporary democracies. It will appeal to scholars of sociology, political science and geography with interests in social movements, development, globalisation, inequality and political economy.