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Lenihan, Martin H.; Brasier, Kathryn J. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
This paper examines the debate surrounding the inception of the Conservation Security Program (CSP) under the 2002 US Farm Bill as a possible expression of ecological modernization by examining the discursive contributions made by official actors, social movement organizations, and producer organizations. Based on this analysis, the CSP embodies…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Natural Resources, Social Action, Discourse Analysis
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Brasier, Kathryn J. – Rural Sociology, 2005
This analysis reexamines factors affecting farm change during the Farm Crisis using spatial analysis techniques to identify important spatial factors and correct for spatial autocorrelation. Results indicate the importance of indicators of farm structure, percent of prime farmland, and state-level processes in predicting changes in the number of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Location, Farm Management