Doctoral Dissertation Research: An Investigation of Farming Women's Work in Washington's Apple Industry

博士论文研究：华盛顿苹果产业中农业妇女工作的调查

• 批准号: 9406595
• 负责人: Lucy Jarosz
• 金额: $ 0.71万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-05-01 至 1995-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9406595&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Investigation; Farming

9406595 JAROSZ Determination of the total costs of agricultural production traditionally has been difficult because considerable labor contributed by women working on farms has not been compensated or has been reimbursed at very low wages. As women have increased their participation in non-farm labor markets and as agricultural industries have changed in recent decades, the role of women in farm production has been transformed, but little scholarly attention has been given to the form and implications of those changes. This doctoral dissertation research project will investigate changes in the agricultural work of women in the fresh apple industries of Washington state. Apple production and processing has become more labor intensive and more capital intensive over the last half century. Special attention in this project will be given to identifying differences in the responses of women in different ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, and age cohorts to changes in the industry. These differences will be identified through analyses of census data and a mail survey of women working in north central Washington. More detailed information will be obtained through intensive interviews and focus-group discussions of both Chicana and Anglo working women. In order to ascertain whether preliminary conclusions are valid, project findings will be discussed at community-based workshops. This project will provide new insights into the impacts of technological and organizational change on workers employed by agricultural businesses. This case study of female workers in the Washington apple industry will employ a complementary set of research methods to contribute new empirical knowledge about social change, with special emphases placed on the roles of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class. As a doctoral dissertation research improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research ca reer.

9406595雅罗什 确定农业生产的总成本历来是困难的，因为在农场工作的妇女贡献的大量劳动没有得到补偿，或者得到的补偿工资很低。 随着妇女越来越多地参与非农业劳动力市场，以及近几十年来农业产业的变化，妇女在农业生产中的作用发生了变化，但很少有学术界关注这些变化的形式和影响。 本博士论文研究项目将调查华盛顿州新鲜苹果产业中妇女农业工作的变化。 在过去的半个世纪里，苹果的生产和加工变得更加劳动密集型和资本密集型。 该项目将特别注意查明不同族裔群体、社会经济阶层和年龄组的妇女对行业变化的反应差异。 这些差异将通过对人口普查数据的分析和对在华盛顿中北部工作的妇女的邮件调查来确定。 将通过对奇卡纳和盎格鲁职业女性的深入采访和焦点小组讨论获得更详细的信息。 为了确定初步结论是否有效，将在社区讲习班上讨论项目结果。 该项目将为技术和组织变革对农业企业雇用的工人的影响提供新的见解。 这个案例研究的女性工人在华盛顿苹果产业将采用一套互补的研究方法，以贡献新的经验知识的社会变革，特别强调性别，种族和社会经济阶层的作用。 作为博士论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个强大的独立研究事业。