TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - "Our People Are Still Resisting": Farmworker Community Organizing and the Texas Agricultural System
JO  - Organization and environment
A1  - Edwards, Michelle L.
SP  - 175
EP  - 191
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - Previous research demonstrates that the contemporary industrial agricultural system in the United States is ecologically and socially destructive. In many ways, it exemplifies the capitalist system of production. A case study of farmworker community organizers in Texas reveals that a key aspect of organizers' resistance to the industrial agricultural system is a critique of the overall capitalist system. Semistructured, in-depth interviews demonstrate that organizers' strategies for resistance include integrating human and environmental issues; working outside of the system; increasing inclusivity through incorporating women leaders, families, and community empowerment efforts; and emphasizing collaborative and nonhierarchical systems. This study identifies how, within the context of this resistance, the environmental justice approach can be a useful supplement to the treadmill of production and Marxian political economy approaches.<p /> 
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SN  - 1086-0266
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026611412082
ID  - ref1
ER  -