000009713 001__ 9713 000009713 005__ 20240124114328.0 000009713 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/dr26xz07b 000009713 037__ $$aETD 000009713 245__ $$aAgency, mobility, and food: developing a capability theory for the food system 000009713 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000009713 269__ $$a2022 000009713 336__ $$aCapstone 000009713 502__ $$bM.S. 000009713 502__ $$gFood Systems & Society 000009713 520__ $$aThe 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. 000009713 650__ $$aSocial Problems$$026115 000009713 650__ $$aPoverty$$024482 000009713 650__ $$aSocioeconomic Factors$$026134 000009713 650__ $$aAccess to Healthy Foods$$013815 000009713 650__ $$a Social Justice$$026110 000009713 650__ $$aEconomic Status$$012898 000009713 6531_ $$afood insecurities 000009713 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000009713 692__ $$aGraduate Programs in Human Nutrition 000009713 7001_ $$aGarfield, Stephen$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000009713 8564_ $$9b1d72e22-7a88-4e3a-bba4-15543196922a$$s574620$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9713/files/Garfield.Stephen.2022.pdf 000009713 905__ $$a/rest/prod/dr/26/xz/07/dr26xz07b 000009713 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:9713$$pstudent-work 000009713 980__ $$aFood Systems & Society