FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD: ACTIVISTS VERSUS AGRIBUSINESS IN THE STRUGGLE OVER BIOTECHNOLOGY (SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, PROTEST AND CONTENTION)
Book ID/图书代码： 13584012B57051
English Summary/英文概要： When scientists working in the agricultural biotechnology industry first altered the genetic material of one organism by introducing genes from an entirely different organism, the reaction was generally enthusiastic. To many, these genetically modified organisms (GMOs) promised to solve the challenges faced by farmers and to relieve world hunger. Yet within a decade, this "gene revolution" had abruptly stalled. Widespread protests against the potential dangers of "Frankenfoods" and the patenting of seed supplies in the developing world forced the industry to change course. As a result, in the late 1990s, some of the world’s largest firms reduced their investment in the agricultural sector, narrowed their focus to a few select crops, or sold off their agricultural divisions altogether.Fighting for the Future of Food tells the story of how a small group of social activists, working together across tables, continents, and the Internet, took on the biotech industry and achieved stunning success. Rachel Schurman and William A. Munro detail how the anti-biotech movement managed to alter public perceptions about GMOs and close markets to such products. Drawing strength from an alternative worldview that sustained its members’ sense of urgency and commitment, the anti-GMO movement exploited political opportunities created by the organization and culture of the biotechnology industry itself.
Fighting for the Future of Food ultimately addresses society’s understanding and trust (or mistrust) of technological innovation and the complexities of the global agricultural system that provides our food.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 維權人士是如何改變新農業生物技術發展軌跡。
《Fighting for the Future of Food 》講述了社會維權人士是如何跨越國界，和互聯網一起共同協作，對生物技術產業採取了和取得驚人成功的故事。瑞秋•舒爾曼和威廉姆 A.蒙羅全程記錄了社會對這項技術創新的理解和信任 （或不信任），以及在錯綜複雜的全球農藥系統下如何供給我們食物。
瑞秋•舒爾曼和威廉姆 A.蒙羅用全新和平和的視角詮釋了催生這項技術的社會運動。任何一位想要瞭解為何全球各地維權組織反對轉基因食品的讀者將會從這本書中找到些許啟示。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："Rachel Schurman and William A. Munro take a fresh and carefully balanced look at the social movement spawned by this technology. Anyone who wants to understand why groups across the globe oppose genetically modified foods will find this book revelatory." —Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics and Safe Food"Fighting for the Future of Food provides a new and compelling account of the contemporary struggles over agricultural biotechnology. This superb depiction of the cultural and social lifeworlds of both the agro-industries and of the activists, simultaneously reveals the hubris and market ambition of agro-genetic engineering and of the formation of an oppositional ideology. A brave and unflinching account of the world of contemporary agribusiness and its opponents." —Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley
"Compelling and eminently readable account." —Global Environmental Politics
"This volume provides an excellent account of many of the complex twists and turns of the GMO debates in the United States, Europe, and Africa over the last thirty years." —Contemporary Sociology
"With Fighting for the Future of Food, Schurman and Munro deliver an empirically and theoretically revealing, politically dedicated and very readable account of one of the biggest protest movements of today." —Social Movement Studies
"All scholars will admire the breathtaking methodology of the book, a fine example of conjunctural analysiswoven together by a coherent argument and clear architecture. . . . It must be read." —Economic Geography
About the Author/作者介绍： 舒爾曼教授的最新研究項目，“給貧苦大眾的科學：為非洲創立基金會，企業和新綠色革命”，的兩大慈善事業，與其他公眾和私人參與者一起，正在為非洲農藥實現新的‘綠色革命’，正在做出大規模的努力探索實驗。她的最近的一部分析了關於社會抵制農業生物技術，和反生物技術人員如何在當今世界奮鬥，以及相關生物產業發展影響，在全球範圍轉基因生物的資源配置情況。
威廉姆•A蒙罗是政治科學系教授，和伊利諾州衛斯理大學國際研究部主任。
Rachel Schurman is associate professor of sociology and global studies at the University of Minnesota. She is coeditor of Engineering Trouble: Biotechnology and Its Discontents.
William A. Munro is professor of political science and director of the international studies program at Illinois Wesleyan University. He is author of The Moral Economy of the State: Conservation, Community Development, and State-Making in Zimbabwe.
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