Exploit the Land, Exploit the People: The Treadmill of Production and Community Advocates for Farmworkers in Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorGiuffre, Patti
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Michelle Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Chad Leighton
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcKinney, Audrey M.
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T10:12:37Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractThe structure of the agricultural industry in the United States has changed significantly since World War II, with consequences for agricultural laborers. This study is framed by Schnaiberg's (1980) treadmill of production theory, using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 16 community advocates for farmworkers in Texas. The results of these interviews demonstrate that community advocates face factors limiting their resistance to the treadmill, including: funding restrictions, the structure of the agricultural industry in Texas, socio-cultural conditions for Texas farmworkers, and limitations to binational/transnational efforts. Community advocates also discussed factors promoting their resistance to the treadmill, including: exclusion from the system, integration of human and environmental issues, participation in networks and coalitions, and promotion of an alternative. This study documents both groups of factors within the process of treadmill resistance.
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent80 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationEdwards, M. L. (2009). Exploit the land, exploit the people: The treadmill of production and community advocates for farmworkers in Texas</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3400
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFarmworkersen_US
dc.subjectCommunity advocacyen_US
dc.subjectTreadmill of productionen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural industryen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationSociologyen_US
dc.titleExploit the Land, Exploit the People: The Treadmill of Production and Community Advocates for Farmworkers in Texasen_US
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentSociology
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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