| Description |
1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
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Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies |
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Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- The Prosperity Paradox: Fewer and More Vulnerable Farm Workers -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue -- PART I: AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT -- 1: Labor in Agriculture -- The Global Picture -- Whither Farm Labor? -- 2: Development and Rural-Urban Migration -- Lewis and Todaro -- Agricultural Changes -- Migration and Trade -- PART II: DEVELOPMENT AND FARM WORKER VULNERABILITY -- 3: US Farm Labor -- Families, Slaves, and Migrants -- Cesar Chavez and the UFW -- US Farms and Employment -- Farm Structure |
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Farm Employment -- Hired Farm Workers -- HFWF and QCEW -- NAWS -- Helping Farm Workers -- 4-S Responses to Fewer Newcomers -- Satisfy and Stretch Current Workers -- Substitute Machines for Workers and Supplement with Guest Workers -- HR 5038: IRCA Redux? -- Trade versus Migration -- What's Next -- 4: Mexican Farm Labor -- Revolution and Ejidos -- Agriculture: NAFTA and USMCA -- Farm Workers -- Berry Exports and Workers 2018 -- Berry and Vegetable Workers 2019 -- Whither Mexican Farm Labor? -- AMLO and the Future -- 5: Farm Labor in Other Countries -- Canada -- Farm Labor and SAWP |
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Agricultural Stream (NOC Low-Skill) -- Unions and Development -- European Union -- Britain -- SAWS -- Gangmasters -- Italy -- Labor and Foreign Workers -- Southern Italy -- Spain -- Farm Labor -- Strawberries and Workers -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Brazil -- Farm Workers and Slavery -- Coffee -- Lessons -- PART III: MOVING FORWARD -- 6: Protecting Farm Workers -- ILO Labor Standards -- Migrant Conventions -- Garments and Seafood -- Decent Work -- Forced Labor and Trafficking -- Governments -- Unions -- Lessons -- 7: Buyers, Consumers, and Farm Workers -- The Food-Safety Model |
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Labor-Certification Systems -- Coalition of Immokalee Workers -- Equitable Food Initiative -- Fair Trade USA and Others -- Food Buyers and Farm Workers -- The PMA-UF Ethical Charter -- From Food Safety to Labor Compliance -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
'The Prosperity Paradox' explains why farm worker problems often worsen as the agricultural sector shrinks and lays out options to help vulnerable workers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural laborers -- Social conditions
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Agricultural wages.
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Agricultural laborers -- Social conditions
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Agricultural wages
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191904530 |
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0191904538 |
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9780192638090 |
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0192638092 |
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9780192638106 |
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0192638106 |
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