The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context

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Delvenne, Pierre; Vasen, Federico; Vara, Ana María
Año de publicación
2013
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Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with actors from public, private and associative sectors, we explore the expansion of genetically modified soy in Argentina and we aim to figure out how the neoliberal “globalized privatization regime” unfolded in a peripheral location. Our case points at two inherent contradictions with such a regime's main tenets, namely that it needs a weak antitrust policy (thus leading to a market situation dominated by a monopoly of transnational companies) and a hyper-restrictive system of intellectual property. We highlight the participation of two groups of local actors in the regime. The first group is aligned with the globalized privatization regime agendas, while the second is involved in protest and regulatory actions focusing on the health, environment and safety issues related to the GM soy complex. To a different extent, both groups share a local agenda of resistance and an anti-imperialist imaginary. Both have national development objectives of Argentina in their ideological roots, although their conceptions of “development” are different (industrial development vs. protection of peasants' life and the environment). We conclude that it is not enough to postulate that the neoliberal globalized privatization regime will just expand to the South as it did in Northern countries. Rather, combined with the commercialization of science, peripherality creates protest, activism and local regulation.
Fil: Delvenne, Pierre. Université de Liege; Bélgica
Fil: Vasen, Federico. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vara, Ana María. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Humanidades. Centro de Estudios de Historia de la Ciencia y de la Técnica "José Babini"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Agricultural Biotechnology
Cosmopolitanism
Dependency Theory
Centre-Periphery
Gm Soy
Argentina
World System Analysis
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spelling The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral contextDelvenne, PierreVasen, FedericoVara, Ana MaríaAgricultural BiotechnologyCosmopolitanismDependency TheoryCentre-PeripheryGm SoyArgentinaWorld System Analysishttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with actors from public, private and associative sectors, we explore the expansion of genetically modified soy in Argentina and we aim to figure out how the neoliberal “globalized privatization regime” unfolded in a peripheral location. Our case points at two inherent contradictions with such a regime's main tenets, namely that it needs a weak antitrust policy (thus leading to a market situation dominated by a monopoly of transnational companies) and a hyper-restrictive system of intellectual property. We highlight the participation of two groups of local actors in the regime. The first group is aligned with the globalized privatization regime agendas, while the second is involved in protest and regulatory actions focusing on the health, environment and safety issues related to the GM soy complex. To a different extent, both groups share a local agenda of resistance and an anti-imperialist imaginary. Both have national development objectives of Argentina in their ideological roots, although their conceptions of “development” are different (industrial development vs. protection of peasants' life and the environment). We conclude that it is not enough to postulate that the neoliberal globalized privatization regime will just expand to the South as it did in Northern countries. Rather, combined with the commercialization of science, peripherality creates protest, activism and local regulation.Fil: Delvenne, Pierre. Université de Liege; BélgicaFil: Vasen, Federico. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vara, Ana María. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Humanidades. Centro de Estudios de Historia de la Ciencia y de la Técnica "José Babini"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier2013-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/26897Delvenne, Pierre; Vasen, Federico; Vara, Ana María; The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context; Elsevier; Technology in Society; 35; 2; 2-2013; 153-1620160-791XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.techsoc.2013.01.005info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X13000067info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:32:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/26897instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:32:08.014CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
title The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
spellingShingle The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
Delvenne, Pierre
Agricultural Biotechnology
Cosmopolitanism
Dependency Theory
Centre-Periphery
Gm Soy
Argentina
World System Analysis
title_short The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
title_full The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
title_fullStr The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
title_full_unstemmed The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
title_sort The “soy-ization” of Argentina: The dynamics of the “globalized” privatization regime in a peripheral context
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Delvenne, Pierre
Vasen, Federico
Vara, Ana María
author Delvenne, Pierre
author_facet Delvenne, Pierre
Vasen, Federico
Vara, Ana María
author_role author
author2 Vasen, Federico
Vara, Ana María
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agricultural Biotechnology
Cosmopolitanism
Dependency Theory
Centre-Periphery
Gm Soy
Argentina
World System Analysis
topic Agricultural Biotechnology
Cosmopolitanism
Dependency Theory
Centre-Periphery
Gm Soy
Argentina
World System Analysis
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with actors from public, private and associative sectors, we explore the expansion of genetically modified soy in Argentina and we aim to figure out how the neoliberal “globalized privatization regime” unfolded in a peripheral location. Our case points at two inherent contradictions with such a regime's main tenets, namely that it needs a weak antitrust policy (thus leading to a market situation dominated by a monopoly of transnational companies) and a hyper-restrictive system of intellectual property. We highlight the participation of two groups of local actors in the regime. The first group is aligned with the globalized privatization regime agendas, while the second is involved in protest and regulatory actions focusing on the health, environment and safety issues related to the GM soy complex. To a different extent, both groups share a local agenda of resistance and an anti-imperialist imaginary. Both have national development objectives of Argentina in their ideological roots, although their conceptions of “development” are different (industrial development vs. protection of peasants' life and the environment). We conclude that it is not enough to postulate that the neoliberal globalized privatization regime will just expand to the South as it did in Northern countries. Rather, combined with the commercialization of science, peripherality creates protest, activism and local regulation.
Fil: Delvenne, Pierre. Université de Liege; Bélgica
Fil: Vasen, Federico. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vara, Ana María. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Humanidades. Centro de Estudios de Historia de la Ciencia y de la Técnica "José Babini"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with actors from public, private and associative sectors, we explore the expansion of genetically modified soy in Argentina and we aim to figure out how the neoliberal “globalized privatization regime” unfolded in a peripheral location. Our case points at two inherent contradictions with such a regime's main tenets, namely that it needs a weak antitrust policy (thus leading to a market situation dominated by a monopoly of transnational companies) and a hyper-restrictive system of intellectual property. We highlight the participation of two groups of local actors in the regime. The first group is aligned with the globalized privatization regime agendas, while the second is involved in protest and regulatory actions focusing on the health, environment and safety issues related to the GM soy complex. To a different extent, both groups share a local agenda of resistance and an anti-imperialist imaginary. Both have national development objectives of Argentina in their ideological roots, although their conceptions of “development” are different (industrial development vs. protection of peasants' life and the environment). We conclude that it is not enough to postulate that the neoliberal globalized privatization regime will just expand to the South as it did in Northern countries. Rather, combined with the commercialization of science, peripherality creates protest, activism and local regulation.
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