000043330 001__ 43330 000043330 005__ 20240610124858.0 000043330 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6083/bpxhc43330 000043330 037__ $$aETD 000043330 041__ $$aeng 000043330 245__ $$aAddressing economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system: an exploration of the concepts and practices of solidarity economies 000043330 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000043330 269__ $$a2024-06-08 000043330 336__ $$aCapstone 000043330 502__ $$bM.S. 000043330 502__ $$gFood Systems & Society 000043330 520__ $$aThe purpose of this Capstone Research Synthesis is to address economic inequities between workers and owners in the food system. This research is motivated by experience and witnessing the harms of this pervasive social problem. To address this social problem, this research examines alternative economic concepts and practices that do not reproduce the maldistribution of resources that workers experience relative to owners in the food system. The Overall Research Question asks, how do the concepts and practices of solidarity economy address maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the U.S. food system? To address this question, I used directed content analysis as the method to collect data from three solidarity economy networks base to examine how solidarity economy concepts and practices address three aspects of maldistribution, which are exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. I found that many solidarity economy concepts and practices can address the three aspects of maldistribution, but several could be further specified to ensure that their application does not reproduce exploitation, marginalization, and deprivation. Overall, this Capstone Research Synthesis demonstrates that there are economic concepts and practices that represent alternatives to capitalism and do not reproduce maldistribution of resources between workers and owners in the food system. Developing and applying these principles and practices may bring food systems and society closer to social justice. 000043330 540__ $$fCC BY 000043330 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner 000043330 650__ $$aSocial Justice$$026110 000043330 650__ $$aSocial Problems$$026115 000043330 650__ $$aSocial Class$$026098 000043330 650__ $$aEconomic Status$$012898 000043330 650__ $$aSocial Marginalization$$040065 000043330 650__ $$aWorkforce$$012920 000043330 651__ $$aUnited States$$041167 000043330 6531_ $$afood system labor 000043330 6531_ $$aworker-owner relations 000043330 6531_ $$aeconomic inequity 000043330 6531_ $$amaldistribution 000043330 6531_ $$aexploitation 000043330 6531_ $$adeprivation 000043330 6531_ $$asolidarity economy 000043330 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000043330 7001_ $$aStone, Alexandria$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000043330 8564_ $$9094925d7-1ee4-4ce7-9eaf-a6a1d8a3e354$$s1110692$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43330/files/Stone.Alexandria.2024.pdf 000043330 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:43330$$pstudent-work 000043330 980__ $$aFood Systems & Society 000043330 981__ $$aPublished$$b2024-06-10