TY - GEN N2 - The social problem of economic inequality negatively affects millions of people in the United States every day. Experiencing firsthand how difficult it is to participate in "the American Dream" and rise up out of poverty motivates this research. The overall question that guides this research is: How can agency and structure be conceptualized in the food system in order to increase social mobility for the lower classes? The research, based on data gleaned from food justice and food sovereignty literature, utilizes the capability approach, established as a method to evaluate human wellbeing. DO - 10.6083/dr26xz07b DO - DOI AB - The social problem of economic inequality negatively affects millions of people in the United States every day. Experiencing firsthand how difficult it is to participate in "the American Dream" and rise up out of poverty motivates this research. The overall question that guides this research is: How can agency and structure be conceptualized in the food system in order to increase social mobility for the lower classes? The research, based on data gleaned from food justice and food sovereignty literature, utilizes the capability approach, established as a method to evaluate human wellbeing. AD - Oregon Health and Science University T1 - Agency, mobility, and food: developing a capability theory for the food system DA - 2022 AU - Garfield, Stephen L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2022 ID - 9713 L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf KW - Social Problems KW - Poverty KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Access to Healthy Foods KW - Social Justice KW - Economic Status KW - food insecurities TI - Agency, mobility, and food: developing a capability theory for the food system Y1 - 2022 L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf ER -