{"id":1111,"date":"2023-11-29T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/?page_id=1111"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:38:27","slug":"ligitimation-in-a-world-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/ligitimation-in-a-world-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Legitimation in a World at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Based on meticulous field work in India\u2019s cotton belt\u2026Elaine Desmond has demonstrated remarkable scholarship in presenting the process of technology legitimation and delegitimation at different levels of politicisation.  In doing so, the work is potentially seminal\u2026<\/p>\nProfessor Sarthak Gaurav, IIT Bombay<\/em><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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May you now guard Science\u2019 light<\/em><\/strong>
Kindle it and use it right<\/em><\/strong>
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Downward to consume us all<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe Life of Galileo, Bertolt Brecht<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This book explores the conflict surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops in three Indian villages using the concept of legitimation.  It focusses on Bt cotton, currently India\u2019s only GM crop, and examines how power relations in the villages impact upon the way in which Bt cotton is variously legitimated or delegitimated by cultivators themselves. The book argues that the findings from the villages provide significant insights for the global legitimation struggle which the negotiation of a world at risk entails, and within which the conflict surrounding GM crops is embedded.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201c[Elaine Desmond] brings to light the views of farmers on Bt cotton, the only genetically modified crop currently cultivated in India. \u2026 the author has produced a thought-provoking work that navigates this controversial topic with a new lens, by digging deep into politics and society in village India.\u201d
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“The book certainly is a scholarly addition to the body of knowledge on risk theory, framework and risk societies. It has effectively raised further areas of research useful for researchers in studying risk societies. … It rightly predicts future negotiations of risk revolving around these concerns. Finally, the findings of the book have policy implications, particularly with respect to reducing the economic and social costs and to initiating a collective response to risk.”
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Explored through stakeholder analysis and village fieldwork in the crisis-ridden state of Telangana, this book exposes democratic flaws in mediating risk exposure, markets and social justice.  It is an original contribution to scholarship on genetically modified (GM) seeds and builds a powerful case for the redistribution of resources and knowledge.  <\/p>\nBarbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University<\/em><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An extract from the introduction of Legitimation in a World at Risk May you now guard Science\u2019 lightKindle it and use it rightLest it be a flame to fallDownward to consume us all This book explores the conflict surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops in three Indian villages using the concept of legitimation.  It focusses on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1440,"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1111\/revisions\/1440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainedesmondwriter.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}