Cross-cultural Perspectives in Agricultural Labor: Oregon State University
Learning Through Listening ES 499 ES 599 - aers.psu.edu/rsscig/ES_499.pdf
Course Directors: Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and Dwaine Plaza
Course Facilitator: Geoffrey Habron
Email addresses: egonzales-berry@orst.edu/ dplaza@orst.edu/ habrong@ucs.orst.edu
Course Goals:
To bring people from diverse backgrounds together to learn about cross-cultural perspectives in agricultural labor through listening, analysis and collaboration. These skills will be developed through adopting action-learning principals. The course embodies a non-traditional approach to learning that blurs the boundaries between teacher/student/community/researcher. Stakeholders with vested interests in the topic of study will be invited to tell their stories to a group of learners who will then have the
opportunity to reflect upon these stories in a collective setting. Shared reflection of the information obtained through intense listening experiences will contribute to the learners' understanding of issues presented from different social positions and perspectives.
Required Course Materials:
Ramon Perez (1991) Dairy of an Undocumented Immigrant. Houston: Arte Publico Press.
Valle, Isabel (1974) Fields of Toil. Washington: Washington State University Press.

Syllabus. Sociology 301. Rural Sociology: Agriculture & Social Change
aers.psu.edu/rsscig/sonnenfeld_301.pdf

David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D. E-mail: soc@tricity.wsu.edu
Washington State University, Tri-Cities
OVERVIEW
This is an intensive, 4-week course on contemporary dynamics of agriculture and
social change, with particular reference to global agro-food systems and Western
USA agriculture. We will examine the interplay and articulation between the
globalization of trade in agricultural commodities, migration of agricultural labor,
and the health of rural environments and communities. Evening sessions will focus
on assigned readings. Saturday sessions will consist of two workshops on Agriculture
and Social Change, with particular reference to Washington state's apple industry; a
field trip; and presentations of student research.

TEXTS REQUIRED
Bonanno, Alessandro, et al., eds. 1994. From Columbus to ConAgra: the
globalization of agriculture and food. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas
Press.
Valle, Isabel. 1994. Fields of toil: a migrant family's journey. Pullman: WSU Press.
Wells, Miriam. 1996. Strawberry fields : politics, class, and work in California
agriculture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Wright, Angus. 1991. The death of Ramón Gonzáles: the modern agricultural
dilemma. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Subscription to local daily newspaper, e.g. Tri-City Herald.
RECOMMENDED
McMichael, Philip, ed. 1994. The global restructuring of agro-food systems. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press.
Mooney, Patrick and Theo J. Majka. 1995. Farmers' and farm workers' movements:
social protest in American agriculture. New York: Twayne Publishers.
Sachs, Carolyn. 1996. Gendered fields: rural women, agriculture, and environment.
Boulder, Colo.: Westview.
Allen, John C. and Donald Dillman. 1994. Against all odds: rural community in the
information age. Boulder, Colo.: Westview.
ASSIGNMENTS
#1 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Bonanno, due Thurs., 5/15, 7 pm
#2 - Final project proposal due, Tues., 5/20, 7 pm
#3 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Wells, due Thurs., 5/22, 7 pm
#4 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Wright, due Thurs., 5/29, 7 pm
#5 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Valle, due Thurs., 7/5, 7 pm
#6 - Final project due, Sat., 7/7, 9 am

WEEK 1 - GLOBALIZATION AND AGRO-INDUSTRY
Tues., May 13, 7:15-8:45 pm
REQUIRED
Bonanno, From Columbus to ConAgra (introduction, ch's. 1, 2, 4, 6)
RECOMMENDED
Bonanno, From Columbus to ConAgra (ch's. 3, 5)
McMichael, The global restructuring of agro-food systems
ASSIGNMENT #1 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Bonanno, due Thurs., 5/15,

REQUIRED
Bonanno, From Columbus to ConAgra (ch's. 7-13)
Sat., May 17, 9 am - 4 pm
Morning Workshop, 9 am - Noon - "The big apple: globalization of fruit production"
Afternoon Workshop, 1 - 4 pm - "Bursting at the seams: changing labor relations in Washington's
fresh fruit industry"
REQUIRED
Schaeffer and Wahl, "The North American Free Trade Agreement: effects
on Washington State agriculture"

WEEK 2 - AGRICULTURAL LABOR
Tues., May 20, 7:15-8:45 pm
Guest speakers: Teamsters/United for Change, Yakima
REQUIRED
Wells, Strawberry fields (preface, ch's 2-5)
David Sonnenfeld 10/10/2000
RECOMMENDED
Mooney and Majka, Farmers' and farm workers' movements
Thurs., May 22, 7:15-8:45 pm
REQUIRED
Wells, Strawberry fields (ch's 6-8)
Field Trip, 9 am - 1 pm
ASSIGNMENT #4 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Wright, due Thurs., 5/29,
7 pm
WEEK 3 - AGRICULTURE & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tues., May 27, 7:15-8:45 pm pm
REQUIRED
Wright, The death of Ramón Gonzáles (introduction, ch's 1-5)
RECOMMENDED
Sachs, Gendered fields: rural women, agriculture, and environment
Thurs., May 29, 7:15-8:45 pm pm
REQUIRED
Wright, The death of Ramón Gonzáles (ch's 6-10)
Sat., May 31, 9 am - 4 pm
Morning Workshop, 9 am - Noon - "An apple a day: the fruit industry and the environment"
Afternoon Workshop, 1 - 4 pm - "Changing industry, changing community"
ASSIGNMENT #5 - 2 pp. critical commentary on Valle, due Thurs., 7/5, 7 pm
WEEK 4 - AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Tues., June 3, 7:15-8:45 pm pm
REQUIRED
Valle, Fields of toil (introduction, ch's 1-8)
David Sonnenfeld 10/10/2000
RECOMMENDED
Allen and Dillman, Against all odds
Thurs., June 5, 7:15-8:45 pm pm
REQUIRED
Valle, Fields of toil (ch's 9-18)
Sat., June 7, 9 am - 4 pm - Student Presentations
ASSIGNMENT #6 - RESEARCH PAPER DUE, 9 AM, 10-12 pp. plus
bibliography
David Sonnenfeld 10/10/2000
Research Project
Sociology 301. Rural Sociology
Summer 1997
A. "Option A" - Commodity analysis
Select an agricultural commodity produced in Washington, e.g.:
alfalfa
apples
asparagus
beef
dairy products
pit fruit
potatoes
wheat
wine
etc.
Your task is to find out as much as possible about social relations involved in
the production, consumption, and distribution of that product, including:
1. Industry structure
· How many Washington firms produce that commodity?
· How does that number compare to ten years ago?
· What degree of concentration is there in the production of that commodity
in Washington?
· How many, if any, of those firms are foreign-owned?
· How many are part of large domestic or transnational corporations (TNCs)?
2. Market structure
· Where is the commodity sold? Consumed?
· What per cent is shipped domestically?
· What per cent is exported? To which countries?
· How is production and distribution of the commodity affected by
regulations in the importing countries?
3. Employment
· How many workers are employed in Washington in the production of that
commodity?
· What per cent of those employees are managerial, sales and marketing,
professional/technical, un- and semi-skilled, respectively?
· Does the industry employ seasonal workers? How many? From where?
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4. Health & environment
· What chemicals are used in the production of that commodity in this state?
· How are they applied?
· What protection do those doing the application use?
· Are there chemical application "spill-over" effects on others?
· Do the chemical(s) persist in the commodity? Do they represent any health
threats?
· What alternatives to chemicals are being used/experimented with in the
production of that commodity?
5. Community impacts
· How does production of that commodity affect surrounding communities?
-- Legal services
-- Education
-- Health care
-- Housing
-- Other
Data Resources 1
1 If you do not have good access to the Web at work or home, purchase of a WSU student
computing account is strongly recommended -- a bargain at $25 for the entire summer!
Local newspapers (current, archives)
Local WSU agricultural extension offices
Worldwide Web
Commodity association(s)
Chamber(s) of commerce
Trade publications
WSU-TC library
Local libraries
10/10/2000
B. "Option B" - Alternative projects
As an alternative to the above, you or a team may do one of the following:
1. Media content analysis -- Systematically analyze frequency and content of news
media coverage of agricultural issues. Is any "spin" put on the stories? If so, in what
direction? How do different publications/stations compare in their coverage? Print
media (newspaper) research may be historical; broadcast media (radio, tv) research
should be daily for not less than 3 wks., video (audio) taping of newscasts
recommended.
Local -- Tri-Cities, Yakima, Wenatchee, etc.
newspaper(s)
radio news programs
television news programs
Metropolitan -- Seattle, Portland, Spokane
newspaper(s)
radio news programs
television news programs
National
newspaper(s) -- USA Today, NYT, WSJ
radio news programs
television news programs
2. Campaign contributions --Analyze the influence of agriculture and agriculturerelated
groups on Washington state politics. Examine individual and political action
campaign (PAC) donations to major state officeholders (Governor, U.S. Senators, U.S.
Representatives).2 Compare donations with voting on key issues, such as
immigration reform, agricultural subsidies, trade negotiations, etc.
3. Legislative issues -- Do an in-depth analysis of current bill(s) before the state
legislature relating to agriculture.3 E.g.: Temporary worker housing, department of
health to develop temporary worker building code: SB 5668. Who introduced the
bill? What testimony has been held on the bill? Who are the bills' supporters?
Opponents? Where do various agriculture interest groups line up on the issue?
Why?
4. Your design -- A project of your own design. Instructor's consent required.
* * *
2 See <http://www.crp.org/1996/states/wa_01.htm> for U.S. Congress;
<http://www.washington.edu/pdc/> for Washington state legislature.
3 See <http://www.leg.wa.gov/www/bills.htm>.
Soc 301 - 9 - Summer 1997
Schedule
Make your selection as soon as possible. Submit a written outline no later than class
time, Tuesday, May 20, of what you plan to do & how. Final products include
presentations and individually written, 10-12 pp. papers -- due Saturday, June 7.
Soc 301 - 10 - Summer 1997
Selected Bibliography
Sociology 301. Rural Sociology
Summer 1997
Allen, Patricia, ed. 1993. Food for the future: conditions and contradictions of
sustainability. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Allen, John C. and Donald Dillman. 1994. Against all odds: rural community in the
information age. Boulder, Colo.: Westview.
Beaulieu, Lionel and David Mulkey, eds. 1995. Investing in people: the human
capital needs of rural America. Boulder: Westview.
Bonanno, Alessandro and et al., eds. 1994. From Columbus to ConAgra: the
globalization of agriculture and food. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
Bryant, Bunyan, ed. 1995. Environmental justice: issues, policies and solutions.
Washington, DC: Island Press.
Buttel, Fred and Howard Newby, eds. 1980. The rural sociology of advanced societies.
Montclair, NJ: Allanheld, Osmun.
Buttel, Frederick H., Olaf F. Larson, and Gilbert W. Gillespie, eds. 1990. The
sociology of agriculture. New York: Greenwood Press.
Duncan, Colin. 1996. The centrality of agriculture. Buffalo: McGill-Queens
University Press.
Friedland, William H. 1975. Destalking the wily tomato: a case study in social
consequences in California agricultural research. : University of California, Davis.
Friedland, William H., Amy E. Barton, and Robert J. Thomas. 1981. Manufacturing
green gold: capital, labor, and technology in the lettuce industry. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Friedland, William F. and et al., eds. 1991. Towards a new political economy of
agriculture. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press.
Soc 301 - 11 - Summer 1997
Kloppenberg, Jack R. 1988. First the seed: the political economy of plant
biotechnology. NY: Cambridge University Press.
Krimsky, Sheldon. 1991. Biotechnics and society: the rise of industrial genetics. New
York: Praeger.
Kurtz, Don. 1995. South of the Big Four. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. [novel]
Lasley, Paul and et al. 1995. Beyond amber waves of grain: an examination of social
and economic restructuring in the heartland. Boulder: Westview.
LeHeron, Richard B. 1993. Globalized agriculture: political choice. NY: Pergamon
Press.
Martin, Philip and Donald Martin. 1994. The endless quest: helping America's farm
workers. Boulder: Westview.
McMichael, Philip, ed. 1994. The global restructuring of agro-food systems. Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press.
Mooney, Patrick and Theo J. Majka. 1995. Farmers' and farm workers' movements:
social protest in American agriculture. New York: Twayne Publishers.
Perfecto, Ivette. 1995. “Sustainable agriculture embedded in a global sustainable
future: agriculture in the US and Cuba.” in Environmental justice: issues, policies
and solutions, Bunyan Bryant, ed.
Pubols, Ben H. 19?? “The agricultural development of the Columbia Basin irrigation
project.” . .
Sachs, Carolyn. 1996. Gendered fields: rural women, agriculture, and environment.
Boulder, Colo.: Westview.
Schaeffer, Cathy J. and Thomas I. Wahl. 1993. “The North American Free Trade
Agreement: effects on Washington State agriculture.” IMPACT Information Series
'No.' 67 Paper presented at . WSU, Pullman, Wash.
Shields, John. 1992. “The capitalist state and farm labour policy.” in Rural Sociology
in Canada, David A. Hay and Gurcharn Basran, eds. Oxford University Press.
Solbrig, Otto T. 1994. So shall you reap: farming and crops in human affairs.
Washington, DC: Island Press.
Soc 301 - 12 - Summer 1997
Steinbeck, John. 1936. In dubious battle. New York: Viking Press. [novel]
Taylor, Paul S. 1981. Labor on the land. NY: Arno Press.
Taylor, Paul S. 1983. On the ground in the thirties. Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith.
United States. Office of Technology Assessment. 1995. Agriculture, trade and
environment: achieving compliance policies. .
Valle, Isabel. 1994. Fields of toil: a migrant family's journey. Pullman, WA: WSU
Press.
Wakefield, R. 1937. “A study of seasonal farm labor in Yakima County, Washington.”
. .
Wells, Miriam. 1996. Strawberry fields : politics, class, and work in California
agriculture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
White, Richard. 1986. “Poor men on poor lands: the back-to-the land movement of the
early twentieth century.” in Experiences in a promised land, G. Thomas Edwards and
Carlos Schwantes, eds. Seattle: Univ. Washington Press.
White, Richard. 1989. “The altered landscape of the Pacific Northwest.” in Major
problems in the history of the American Northwest, II Clyde A. Milner, ed. Lexington,
Mass.: DC Heath.
White, Richard. 1992. Land use, environment, and social change. Seattle: Univ.
Washington press.
Wojcik, Jan. 1989. The arguments of agriculture: a casebook in contemporary
agricultural controversy. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
Wright, Angus. 1990. The death of Ramon Gonzalez: the modern agricultural
dilemma. Austin: Univ. Texas Press.
Young, Craig, Carol Morris, and Charlotte Anderson. 1995. “Agriculture and the
environment in the UK: towards an understanding of the role of 'farming culture'.”
Greener Management International (12), October, pp. 63-80.
Soc 301 - 13 - Summer 1997
WSU Tri-Cities & Yakima Learning Center
Summer 1997
Saturday workshops on
Agriculture and Social Change: the Case of
Washington's Apple Industry
in conjunction with
Soc 301. Rural Sociology
SAT., MAY 17, 9 AM - NOON
THE BIG APPLE: GLOBALIZATION OF FRESH FRUIT PRODUCTION
Globalization of fresh fruit - Raymond Jussaume, Rural Sociology, WSU Pullman
History of apple export development - Bill Jensen, Agricultural Economics, Lewis &
Clark College, Portland
International apple markets and producers - TBA
Fruit production in South Africa and Washington State: Lucy Jarosz, Geography,
University of Washington, Seattle
SAT., MAY 17, 1 - 4 PM
BURSTING AT THE SEAMS: CHANGING LABOR RELATIONS
Industry structure and dynamics - Thomas Schotzko, Agricultural Economics, WSU
Pullman
Warehouse perspectives - Bruce Allen, Columbia Reach Co., Yakima
Orchardist perspectives - Craig Gilbert, Jr., Gilbert Orchards, Yakima
Community impacts - David Youmans, Rural Sociology, WSU Extension, Prosser
SAT., MAY 31, 9 AM - NOON
Soc 301 - 14 - Summer 1997
AN APPLE A DAY: HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
History of the Alar scare - Allan Felsot, Food and Environmental Quality
Laboratory, WSU Tri-Cities
Non-chemical alternatives to fruit pest management and storage - Alex
Kulenkampff, Holtzinger Fruit (unconfirmed)
Occupational health & safety concerns - Burt Chestnut, Farm Bureau, Wenatchee
Meeting international fruit inspection standards - Representative, USDA/ WSDA
SAT., MAY 31, 1 - 4 PM
CHANGING INDUSTRY, CHANGING COMMUNITY
Legal concerns - Laurel Rubin, Rosa Hernandez, Northwest Justice Project, Pasco
Migrant education - Elizabeth Flynn, Pasco School District
Health services - Olga Guardado, Sheila Byrne, Community Health Center (La
Clinica), Pasco
Migrant housing - Sonia Cichocki, Pasco Housing Authority

Introduction to Rural Sociology & Development - Spring Semester 2006
Sociology/Rural Sociology 140
Instructor: Damayanti Banerjee
Email: dbanerjee2@wisc.edu

I. COURSE OBJECTIVES
The primary objective of this course is to introduce students to issues of environmental inequality, human rights, and sustainable development as it pertains to rural communities in both developed and developing worlds. Using sociological theories and perspectives, we will:
(1) discuss concepts of “rurality” and place;
(2) explore the impact of globalization and sustainable development on agriculture and environment;
(3) identify factors associated with persistent rural poverty, hunger and environmental degradation; and
(4) discuss various strategies for building more sustainable environments for rural communities.
The overriding goal of the course is to improve students' ability to think reflexively about social, and economic, and environmental issues in rural communities.

II. REQUIRED TEXTS
Giddens, Anthony (with Mitchell Dunnier & Richard P. Applebaum). 2003. Introduction to Sociology. 4th edition. Norton: New York
Humphrey, Craig R., Lewis, Tammy L., Buttel, Frederick H. 2003. Environment, Energy, and Society: Exemplary Works. Thomson & Wadsworth.
Book reading and reflection project (28% of your grade): All students are expected to “read a book” from the list below:
1. Cost of Living – Arundhati Roy
2. Fast Food Nation – Eric Schlosser
3. Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply – Vandana Shiva
4. Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy – Ken Saro-Wiwa
5. Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Flood -Kai T. Erikson
6. Woman on the Edge of Time – Marge Piercy
7. Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There – Aldo Leopold
8. Living Downstream: A Scientist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment – Sandra Steingraber
9. Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster – Dominique LaPierre & Javier Moro
10. Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture – Wendell Berry
11. The Monkey Wrench Gang – Edward Abbey
12. Coming Home to Eat: Gary Paul Nabhan

Semester Schedule
17-Jan
Intro & Getting Started

19-Jan
The Scope of Sociology: Studying the “rural” and “environmental” sociologically
Giddens, Anthony. 2003. “Developing a Sociological Perspective” Introduction to Sociology
Giddens, Anthony. 2003. “The Sociological Debate: Understanding the Modern World” in Introduction to Sociology
Castle, Emery. 1995. “An Overview”. Changing American Countryside
Leopold, Aldo. 1949. “Thinking Like a Mountain” and “The Land Ethic”, in The Sand County Almanac, Pp. 201-226 New York: Oxford University Press

24-Jan
The Rural Landscape: Theorizing Rural Communities
Flora et al. 1992. “The Rural Landscape”. In Rural Communities: Legacy & Change
Selznick, Philip. 1996. “In Search of Community” In William Vitek and Wes Jackson (eds.), Rooted in the Land; Essays on Community and People. New Haven: Yale University Press
Berry, Wendell. 1996. “Conserving Communities”. In William Vitek and Wes Jackson (eds.), Rooted in the Land; Essays on Community and People. New Haven: Yale University Press

26-Jan
The Rural Landscape: Place and Culture in rural communities
Paige, Harry W. 1996. "Leave If You Can." Pp. 11-14 in William Vitek and Wes Jackson (eds.), Rooted in the Land; Essays on Community and People. New Haven: Yale University Press
Nickell, David. 2001. “Land Between the Lakes: The Story of Colonialism in Kentucky”. In Network News, Sociologists for Women in Society: Spring 2001 Volume XVIII, No. 1 Kloppenburg, Jr. J et al. “Coming In to The Foodshed” In William
Vitek and Wes Jackson (eds.), Rooted in the Land; Essays on Community and People. New Haven: Yale University Press.

31-Jan
Globalization & Sustainable Development: A theoretical Exploration I
McMichael, Philip. 1996. “The Globalization Project” In Development and Social Change pp. 150-177
McMichael, Philip. 1996. “Development & Democracy” In Development and Social Change pp. 197-200 & 203-204
Humphrey et al. “The Sociology of Sustainable Development” In Energy, Environment & Society: Exemplary Works. pp. 345-352

2-Feb
Globalization & Sustainable Development: A theoretical Exploration II
Bruntland Commission. 1987. “Towards Sustainable Development.” Pp. 2-1 to 2-22 in Our Common Future. United Nations Environment Program, World Commission on Environment and Development
Sachs, Wolfgang. 2000. “Development: The Rise & Decline of an Ideal”
Shiva, Vandana. 2004. “The Suicide Economy of Corporate Globalisation.” ZNET Commentary, February 19th, 2004
http://www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=90
Guest Lecture

7-Feb
Environment, Development, and Rural Communities: The Question of Agriculture
Mittal, Anuradha. 2002. “Giving Away The Farm: The 2002 Farm Bill”. Food First Report
Berry, Wendell. 2002. “The Agrarian Standard” Orion Magazine http://www.oriononline.org/pages/om/02-3om/Berry.html
Shiva, Vandana. 2000. “The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply” In The Stolen Harvest
McMichael, Philip. 1996. “The Food Regime and the Changing Division of Labor” and “ Remaking Third World Agricultures” In Development and Social Change (pp. 58-75)

9-Feb
Environment, Development, and Rural Communities: The Question of Environment I
Humphrey et al. 2003. “Introduction: The Development of Environmental Sociology” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp.1-14
Bell, Michael M. 2004. “Environmental Problems & Society” In An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
White, Lynn. 1967. “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crises.” Science 155:1203-1207
Erikson, Kai T. 1994. “Three-Mile Island: A New Species of Trouble.” Pp. 139-157 in A New Species of Trouble: Explorations in Disaster, Trauma, and Community. New York: Norton

14-Feb
Environment, Development, and Rural Communities: The Question of Environment II
Gottlieb, Robert. 1993. “Introduction”. Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement
Belsky, Jill. 2003. “Misrepresenting Communities: The Politics of Community-Based Rural Ecotourism in Gales Point Manatee, Belize” In Humphrey et al. Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works
Guha, Ramachandra. 1989. “Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique.” Environmental Ethics 11:71-83
Guest Lecture

16-Feb
The Pressure of the “population bomb”: Developmental Consequences I
Bell, Michael M. 2004. “Population and Development.” In An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Hardin, Garrett. 1974. “Living on a Lifeboat”.
Malthus, Robert Thomas. 1976 (1798). “Preface” and “Chapter 1.” Pp. 15-21 in An Essay on the Principle of Population. Philip Appleman, ed. New York: Norton
McKibben, Bill. 1998. “The case for single-child families.” The Christian Century. 115 (15) May 13, pp. 498-504
McKibben, Bill. 1998. “Immigrants aren't the problem. We are.” New York Times. March 9, p. A19
Nierenberg, Danielle and Mia MacDonald. 2004. “The Population Story…So Far.” World Watch Magazine 17(5):14-17
Pimentel, David and Anne Wilson. 2004. “World Population, Agriculture, and Malnutrition.” World Watch Magazine 17(5):22-25

21-Feb
The Pressure of the “population bomb”: Developmental Consequences II
Bongaarts, John. 2003. “The Demographic Consequences of Fertility Decline” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 143-146
Lash et al. 2001. “Risk, Environment and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology”. In Giddens Sociology
Guest Lecture

23-Feb The Struggle Over Hunger I
Buttel, Fred. 2003. “Ending Hunger in Developing Countries” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 184-199
Lappé, Frances Moore, Joseph Collins, and Peter Rosset. 1998. “12 Myths About Hunger”. Institute for Food and Development Policy Backgrounder, Summer 1998, Vol.5, No. 3. Retrieved August 26. 2004, from
http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/1998/s98v5n3.html
McMichael, Philip. 2003. “Global Food Politics”. In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 219-228

28-Feb The Struggle Over Hunger II
Humphrey et al. 2003. “The Struggle Over Hunger” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 175-183
Bongaarts, John. 2003. “Can the Growing Human Population Feed Itself?” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 200-207
Guest Lecture

2-Mar The Struggle Over Hunger III
Sen, Amartya, K. “The Great Bengal Famine” In Poverty and Famine:
An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981)
Joseph Lappe et al, “Myth 1: There is Simply Not Enough Food,” in Lappe et al, World Hunger: Twelve Myths (New York: Grove Press, 1998)
Lappe et al, “Beyond the Myth of Hunger: What We Can Do,” in Lappe et al, World Hunger: 12 Myths (New York: Grove Press, 1998), pp. 171-179

7-Mar
Energy and Environment: How long will our resources last? I
Gelbspan, Ross 2001 “A modest proposal to stop global warming.” Sierra (May/June): 6267.
Rohter, Larry and Andrew C. Revkin. 2004 “Cheers, and concern, for new climate pact.” The New York Times (December 13): A6
Udall, Randy and Steve Andrews. 2004 “When will the joy ride end? Community Office for Resource Efficiency, http://www.dieoff.org/page138.htm
Goodstein, Eban. 2006. “Climate Change: What the World Needs Now is … Politics”. World Watch

9-Mar
Energy and Environment: How long will our resources last? II
Roberts, J. Timmons. 2003. “Global Inequality & Climate Change” In Environment, Energy and Society: Exemplary Works pp. 254-262
Video
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion & the Collapse of the American Dream

28-Mar
Gendered Environmentalisms
Bell, Michael M. 2004. “Gender and Environmental Domination.” In An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Jackson, Cecile. 1993. “Doing What Comes Naturally? Women & Environment in Development”. World Development
Warren, Karen. 2000. “What are Ecofeminists Saying? An Overview of Ecofeminist Positions” in Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It Is and Why It Matters
RECOMMENDED READING:
Warren, Karen, 2000. “Nature is a Feminist Issue: Motivating Ecofeminists By Taking Empirical Data Seriously” in “Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It Is and Why It Matters

30-Mar
Fighting for Justice: Theorizing Global Environmental Movements I
Paul Mohai and Bunyan Bryant. 1992. "Environmental Racism: Reviewing the Evidence," in Bryant and Mohai (eds.), Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards (Westview Press, 1992)
Pulido, Laura. 2000. Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California” Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 90: pp. 12-40
Robert D. Bullard, "Anatomy of Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement," pp. 15-39 in Robert D. Bullard, ed., Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots

4-Apr
Fighting for Justice: Case Studies of Environmental Justice (US) II
Pellow, David. 2004. “The Politics of Illegal Dumping: An Environmental Justice Framework”. Qualitative Sociology
Bullard, Bob. 1990. “Dispute Resolution and Toxics: Case Studies” In Dumping in Dixie
Schwartz, John. 2005. Amid Devastation, Mounds of Toxic Waste Vie for Attention. New York Times (December 20)

6-Apr
Fighting for Justice: Case Studies of Environmental Justice (International)
Langewiesche, William. 2000. “The Shipbreakers” Atlantic Monthly. August
OR
What Happened in Bhopal?
VIDEO: Moyers, B. 1990. Global Dumping Ground: The International Traffic in Hazardous Waste

11-Apr
“The Greater Common Good”: Environmental Movements around the World I
Gibbs, Lois Marie. Learning from Love Canal: A Twentieth Century Retrospective
Roy, Arundhati. 1999. “The Greater Common Good” http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html
Anastasia M. Shkilnyk, "Part III: River of Poison", in A Poison Stronger than Love (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985), 179-91, 205-230

13-Apr
“The Greater Common Good”: Environmental Movements around the World II
Perlez, Jane & Raymond Bonner. 2005. “Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste”. New York Times (December 27)
Ken-Saro-Wiwa. “Introduction” and “Words from the Final Statement of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa”. Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy
“The Life and Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa: A History of the Struggle for Justice in the Niger Delta”.
“Zapatistas and the Chiapas Uprising, Ten Years on” http://www.swp.ie/resources/Zapatistas%2010%20years%20on.htm

18-Apr
“Coming Home to Eat”: Politics of Food
Magdoff, Fred, John Bellamy Foster & Frederick H Buttel. “An Overview”, in Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment. Monthly Review Press. P. 7-21
Berry, Wendell. 1990. “The Pleasures of Eating” In Our Sustainable Table, edited by Robert Clark .
Schlosser, Eric. 2001. “Introduction” In Fast Food Nation
Rosset, Peter. 2003. “Food Sovereignty: Global Rallying Cry of Farmer Movements”. Food First

20-Apr Biotechnology & Environment I
Pollan Michael. 1998 “Playing god in the garden” The New York Times Magazine (October 25): 4451, 62, 82, 92
Nash, J. Madeline. 2000 “Grains of hope.” Newsweek (July 31): 3846
Altieri, Miguel & Peter Rosset. 2003. “Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect The Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World”.AgBioForum.
Shiva, Vandana. 2000. “Genetic Engineering and Food Security”. In The Stolen Harvest

25-Apr
Biotechnology & Environment II
Rosset, Peter. 2000. “Anatomy of a Gene Spill: Do We Really Need Genetically Engineered Food?” Food First.
Guest Lecture
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27-Apr
Consumerism and Development I
Ritzer, George. 2001“The Macdonaldization of Society: An investigation in to the changing character of social life” In Anthony Giddens, Sociology
Bell, Michael M. 2004. “Consumption & Materialism” In An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Schor. Juliet. 2004. “The Changing World of Children’s Consumption”. In Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture pp. 19-37

2-May
Consumerism & Development II
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