“Clearly written and superbly argued, this fabulous book manages to accomplish that quite difficult task of engaging readers interested in the specificities of the case and those interested in larger theoretical issues. Seeds of Power is so well written that it puts readers in the different scenes, making us think about the invisible workings of power and about the ways in which we can go about detecting the daily production of political domination. Brava!” - Javier Auyero, coauthor of In Harm’s Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence
“Making important contributions to sociology while remaining highly accessible, Seeds of Power has the potential to reach beyond the ivory tower and to teach and influence the public. It is a beautiful example of public sociology.” - Shannon Elizabeth Bell, author of Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia
“Seeds of Power analyzes soy as a site to make visible the complex web of power hidden behind the promising discourse of technological innovation for development.... [It] offer[s] a refined interdisciplinary lens to study the intricate workings of soy and power in South America.” - Daniela A. Marini, AAG Review of Books
“Leguizamón presents a thoughtful, well-argued, and clearly presented book grounded in the intersection of culture, economics, and history that is fitting for both academic and non-academic audiences.” - Stephen J. Scanlan, Social Forces
“In her excellent book, Seeds of Power, Amalia Leguizamón has focused on less-studied social groups as well as subaltern rural peoples.... Hers is a rare academic book that is accessible yet theoretically sophisticated.” - Mario L. Cardozo, Journal of Latin American Geography
“Seeds of Power offers important insights on the complex dynamics of power and compliance and how they can play out in a broad national context.... It offers an exceptional mix of scholarship and storytelling, and deserves to be widely read.” - Brian Tokar, CounterPunch
“Seeds of Power will be very useful for social scientists working at the intersection of rural studies, environmental justice and social science. In addition, it is elegantly written, in such a way that no prior academic knowledge is required to appreciate its content.” - Pierre Delvenne, Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies
“Leguizamón . . . engages with sociological discussions of risk and environmental justice to focus her study on those who bear the unequal weight of the Argentinian soy boom. . . . [Seeds of Power] offer[s] novel perspectives on the relationship of the soy complex to broader political configurations.” - Matthew Abel, Nature Plants
“Seeds of Power breaks new ground . . . by revealing the intersection of class, gender, race/ethnicity, and rural/urban inequalities in the political economy and political culture that renders the environmental injustice associated with soybean expansion in Argentina invisible. . . . Books like this [are] not only necessary but urgent.” - Renata Motta, American Journal of Sociology
“Leguizamón’s Seeds of Power is a beautifully written, nuanced, complex, yet easy to read and honest look at the heart of Argentina's soy producing region, the Pampas.” - Zoe W. Brent, Journal of Agrarian Change
"Seeds of Power does a phenomenal job of integrating history, sociology, and ethnography into accessible and meaningful prose. It compliments other studies in the region on soybeans and the political economy of agricultural booms by Kregg Hetherington, Mariano Turzi, and LaShandra Sullivan." - Jayson Maurice Porter, AContracorriente
