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CAFO CONTROVERSY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OF HOG PRODUCTION
(Culture and Agriculture, 1999)
In this analysis we use the case of the expansion of mega hog operations in the Panhandle area of Texas to illustrate the strategies corporate actors employ to counter environmental concerns expressed by activist groups. ...
The Global Economy and Democracy: the Tuna-Dolphin Controversy Revisited
(International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1998)
Global Post-Fordism and Concepts of the State
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1994)
Following a review of the literature on the State and some of the basic features of global post-Fordism, it is maintained that global post-Fordism can be synthesized through a set of four dialectical relationships: ...
Theory, Epistemology and Critical Rural Sociology
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1992)
This paper would like to provide an alternative to the Marx-Weber dichotomy which has recently emerged in rural sociological studies. It consists of the re-proposition of critical sociology as a mode of scientific investigation ...
The Globalization of the Agricultural and Food Sector and Theories of the State
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1991)
The paper investigates the theoretical dislocation between the domestic oriented character of theories of the State and the transnational character of theories of socio-economic development. Employing the case of the food ...
The Global Poultry Agro/Food Complex
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1991)
The globalization of the food system is a topic of growing concern as various nation/states try to obtain food security. This analysis
test the hypothesis of the existence of a poultry agro/food complex being constructed ...
The Global Agri-food Sector and the Case of the Tuna Industry: Global Regulation and Perspectives for Development
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture, 1994)
Employing the case of the global tuna fish industry the paper investigates the effect of globalization on political institutions and social agents. Three interrelated points are argued. First, it is maintained that while ...