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000043427 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6083/bpxhc43427
000043427 037__ $$aETD
000043427 041__ $$aeng
000043427 245__ $$aSeeking economic injustice in agroecology: a critical inquiry
000043427 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University
000043427 269__ $$a2024-06-19
000043427 336__ $$aCapstone
000043427 502__ $$bM.S.
000043427 502__ $$gFood Systems & Society
000043427 520__ $$aThis Capstone concerns the social problem of economic injustice in the contemporary food system. Economic injustice is prevalent throughout the food system, including problems of labor exploitation and concentration of ownership. I want to better understand how these injustices are addressed in alternative agricultural spaces, such as agroecology. Agroecology is a dynamic concept that promotes transforming food systems to be more sustainable and socially equitable. Through a lens of social justice, I review agroecology discourse and investigate how it identifies, responds to, and challenges economic injustice. The Overall Research Question asks what are the ways in which the discourse of agroecology addresses economic injustice in the contemporary food system? My constitutive research questions ask what general instances of economic injustice are identified in discourse, what are the causes of those instances identified, and what are the cures to economic injustice identified in agroecological discourse. My analytical criteria for these questions include instances of inadequate wages, improper working conditions, quality and health of well-being, corporate control, concentration of wealth, imbalance of power, and inequitable distribution of resources. I approach this research through an inductive thematic analysis where I discover patterns and themes that are discussed in the discourse. The most significant finding is that there quite a bit of discussion of the potential of agroecology, especially concerning a more equitable distribution of resources.  Yet, while agroecological discourse does identify problems of economic injustice, as well as their causes and cures, there is a need for specificity on these topics. More specifically, agroecology does not clearly indicate how this goal would address the economic injustices of labor exploitation and concentration of ownership.
000043427 540__ $$fCC BY
000043427 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner
000043427 650__ $$aSocial Problems$$026115
000043427 650__ $$aSocial Justice$$026110
000043427 650__ $$aAgriculture$$014366
000043427 650__ $$aWorking Conditions$$013915
000043427 6531_ $$aeconomic injustice
000043427 6531_ $$alabor exploitation
000043427 6531_ $$aconcentration of ownership
000043427 6531_ $$acorporate control
000043427 6531_ $$aagroecology
000043427 6531_ $$afood systems
000043427 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369
000043427 692__ $$aGraduate Programs in Human Nutrition$$041470
000043427 7001_ $$aJanik, Kamila$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354
000043427 8564_ $$9149a0796-6aa0-4c34-8515-83649b0cc549$$s681505$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43427/files/Janik.Kamila.2024.pdf
000043427 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:43427$$pstudent-work
000043427 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations
000043427 981__ $$aPublished$$b2024-06-19