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Food for the Few : Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (338 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292794252
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Food for the FewDDC classification:
  • 338.1098
LOC classification:
  • HD1790
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Neoliberal Globalism and the Biotechnology Revolution: Economic and Historical Context -- CHAPTER 2. Latin American Agriculture, Food, and Biotechnology: Temperate Dietary Pattern Adoption and Unsustainability -- CHAPTER 3. Exporting Crop Biotechnology: The Myth of Molecular Miracles -- CHAPTER 4. Biosafety Regulation and Global Governance: The Problem of Absentee Expertise in Latin America -- CHAPTER 5. Unnatural Growth: The Political Economy of Biotechnology in Mexico -- CHAPTER 6. Importing Corn, Exporting Labor: The Neoliberal Corn Regime, GMOs, and the Erosion of Mexican Biodiversity -- CHAPTER 7. Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in North America: The Case of rBST in La Laguna, Mexico -- CHAPTER 8. Genetically Modified Soybeans and the Crisis of Argentina's Agriculture Model -- CHAPTER 9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Conflict over Genetically Modified Crops -- CHAPTER 10. Brazilian Farmers at a Crossroads: Biotech Industrialization of Agriculture or New Alternatives for Family Farmers? -- CHAPTER 11. Social Movements and Techno-Democracy: Reclaiming the Genetic Commons -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion: Food for the Few? -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Neoliberal Globalism and the Biotechnology Revolution: Economic and Historical Context -- CHAPTER 2. Latin American Agriculture, Food, and Biotechnology: Temperate Dietary Pattern Adoption and Unsustainability -- CHAPTER 3. Exporting Crop Biotechnology: The Myth of Molecular Miracles -- CHAPTER 4. Biosafety Regulation and Global Governance: The Problem of Absentee Expertise in Latin America -- CHAPTER 5. Unnatural Growth: The Political Economy of Biotechnology in Mexico -- CHAPTER 6. Importing Corn, Exporting Labor: The Neoliberal Corn Regime, GMOs, and the Erosion of Mexican Biodiversity -- CHAPTER 7. Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in North America: The Case of rBST in La Laguna, Mexico -- CHAPTER 8. Genetically Modified Soybeans and the Crisis of Argentina's Agriculture Model -- CHAPTER 9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Conflict over Genetically Modified Crops -- CHAPTER 10. Brazilian Farmers at a Crossroads: Biotech Industrialization of Agriculture or New Alternatives for Family Farmers? -- CHAPTER 11. Social Movements and Techno-Democracy: Reclaiming the Genetic Commons -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion: Food for the Few? -- About the Contributors -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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