Controversy over genetically modified crops in India: Discursive strategies and social identities of farmers

Discourse Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-107

  Yamaguchi, Tomiko ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Controversy; Discursive strategies; Genetically modified crops; India; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846852879     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445607072107     Document Type: Article

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