This book provides a sociological analysis of the controversy surrounding GM crops in Telangana, India.
“Legitimation in a World at Risk: The Case of Genetically Modified Crops in India by
E. L. Desmond, brings to light the views of farmers on Bt cotton, the only genetically modified crop currently cultivated in India, in the context of legitimation of risk. … the author has produced a thoughtprovoking work that navigates this controversial topic with a new lens, by digging deep into politics and society in village India.” (Anitha Ramanna-Pathak, American Journalof Sociology, Vol. 124, May, 2019)
E.L. Desmond is a sociologist affiliated with the Centre for South Asian Studies at Cambridge University, UK and the Ireland-India Institute at Dublin City University, Ireland.