• Introduction


• GM Crops, Global Ethnography, and the Dynamics of De-Mobilization


• Chapter One: The Dark Side of the Boom


• Neoliberalization, GM Soybeans, and Environmental Change in Argentina


• Chapter Two: Emergence


• Peasants, Politics, and Patrons: Rural Social Movements in Formosa (1970s-2000s)


• Chapter Three: Contention


• Peasants Confronting GM Soybeans and Agrochemical Exposure (2003)


• Chapter Four: Demobilization


• Peasants, Governments, and Constituents Across Political Scales (2004-2013)


• Chapter Five: Accommodation


• Peasants Negotiating GM Crops and Agrochemical Exposure (2009-2013)


• Conclusion: Companion Planting


• The Crucible of GM Crops, Global Processes, and Social Movements


• Appendix: On the Ethnographic Craft

Pablo Lapegna is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia

In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna investigates the ways in which rural populations cope with GM soybean expansion in Argentina, a major player in the use and export of GM crops. Based on over a decade of ethnographic research, Lapegna reveals the reasons why many local communities initially resisted, yet ultimately accepted GM crops.