Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities. In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean expansion. Peasants initially resisted, yet ultimately adapted to the new agricultural technologies, playing an active role in their own demobilization in order to maneuver the situation to their advantage. A rare glimpse into the life cycle of a social movement, Soybeans and Power gives voice to the communities most adversely affected by GM technology and the strategies that they have enacted in order to survive.

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

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