Legitimation in a World at Risk The Case of Genetically Modified Crops in India /

• Main Author: Desmond, E.L (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Environmental sociology.; Ethnology.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Science and Technology Studies.; Environmental Sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This book provides a sociological analysis of the controversy surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops in the newly-formed state of Telangana, India. The issue of GM crops continues to be topical worldwide. There is much debate as to whether GM technology holds the key to improving the welfare of...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction - Legitimation and Genetically Modified Crops in a World at Risk
• Chapter Two: The Legitimation of Risk in the Villages
• Chapter Three: Bt Cotton and the Legitimation of Democracy
• Chapter Four: The Legitimation of Risk and Democracy in Telangana
• Chapter Five: Methodology: Legitimation and Ethics in Risk Research
• Chapter Six: Analysis I: Risk, Power and Bt Cotton in the Villages
• Chapter Seven:Analysis II: Democracy and State Legitimacy in the Villages
• Chapter Eight: Legitimation in a World at Risk: Lessons from the Villages
• Chapter Nine: Conclusion: Science, Power and the Struggle for Legitimation.