DSpace at SHSU: Recent submissions
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Austin MacCormick: A Champion for Texas Prisoners
(Journal of South Texas, 2020)Austin Harbutt MacCormick (1893-1979) spent much of his professional career serving as a proponent of prison reform. Beginning with his 1915 college graduation essay focused on the subject and continuing throughout the ... -
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: GETTING BEYOND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND INTO FOOD SYSTEMS
(Southern Rural Sociology, 2008)This paper introduces the special issue of Southern Rural Sociology and lays the groundwork for the rest of the papers. The genesis of this special issue flows from the efforts of the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture ... -
CONVENTIONALIZATION, BIFURCATION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE: CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS IN TEXAS
(Southern Rural Sociology, 2008)Organic agriculture has been advanced as a production system that improves environmental quality and supports rural community development. Recent developments in organics have called into question both assertions. ... -
Globalization, Broiler Production, and Community Controversy in East Texas
(Southern Rural Sociology, 2002)The poultry industry was the first livestock commodity sector to adopt an industrial organizational model. In recent years the poultry industry has expanded beyond national boundaries into a globalized system of production. ... -
CONTESTED GLOBALIZATION OF THE AGRIFOOD SYSTEM: A MISSOURI SCHOOL ANALYSIS OF SANDERSON FARMS AND SEABOARD FARMS IN TEXAS
(Southern Rural Sociology, 2009)The Missouri School of Agrifood Studies began with a focus on the power of agribusiness corporations in relation to quality of life of farmers and their related communities. The poultry industry was the first commodity ... -
Discerning Differences among Producer Groups and Organic Adoption Barriers in Texas
(Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2010)While nationwide growth in the production of organic agricultural products has seen rapid expansion, the number of certified organic operations in Texas has remained relatively stagnant. Evidence shows a shift in consumer’s ... -
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 Economy and Democracy: the Tuna-Dolphin Controversy Revisited
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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 ... -
CORPORATE STRATEGIES IN THE GLOBAL ERA: THE CASE OF MEGA-HOG FARMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 2001)Employing the case of the expansion of mega-hog production facilities in the Texas Panhandle region, this paper contributes to the globalization of agriculture and food literature by illustrating the strategies employed ... -
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. ... -
Corporate Chickens and Community Conflict in East Texas: Growers’ and Neighbors’ Views on the Impacts of Industrial Broiler Production
(Culture and Agriculture, 2005)This paper employs a case study approach utilizing both historical and interview methods to investigate the community impacts of the industrialization and globalization of the broiler industry in East Texas. The rapid ... -
The Southern Model of Broiler Production
(Culture and Agriculture, 2008)This paper introduces the concept of the Southern Model of broiler production as the preferred organizational form in the global agrifood system. A synthesis of existing works on the broiler industry combined with new ... -
Neoliberal Restructuring, Neoregulation, and the Mexican Poultry Industry
(Agriculture and Human Values, 2013)The US poultry industry based on flexible accumulation has been advanced as the model of agro-industrial development for agrifood globalization. Similarly, Mexico has been presented as a noteworthy example of the negative ... -
Examining Asymmetries in Microfractures
(2020)In forensic anthropology the study of bone trauma has historically focused on gross anatomical patters in fractures. More information may be available using CT technology to examine trauma at a microscopic scale. This ... -
Growth rates and lifespans of Glycymeris Americana from North Carolina, USA during the Pliocene and Pleistocene
(2020)Poster about the lifespan of modern bivalves by measuring shells. Applied von Bertalanffy growth was fit to size at age data -
Examining the Impact of Critical Incidents, Organizational Variables and Coping Skills on Sleep Quality in Law Enforcement Officers
(2020)Previous research demonstrated that police stress negatively affects sleep quality with coping skills moderating this association (Hartley et al., 2014). The present study aims to expand on these findings by including other ... -
A Visit From Mr. Death
(2020)Now, more than ever, reflecting on the world around us in a creative manner is of the highest importance to continue to understand and connect with each other. In this panel, we strive to highlight the diverse and different ... -
Development of Virtual Reality Simulation for Emergency Evacuation in Education
(2020)Virtual Reality has recently developed as a prevalent technique adopting in numerous fields of scientific experiments. The thriving concept of simulating an interaction environment broadens the researchers’ competence to ... -
Financial Aid and College Graduation
(2020)Using data for about 3,800 colleges and universities in the US, this paper examines the effects of financial aid on graduation rates. It estimates a linear regression model with graduation rates as the dependent variable ...