Doctoral Dissertation Research: Setting the Standard -- Competing Values in the South African Red Meat Commodity Chain

博士论文研究：设定标准——南非红肉商品链中的竞争价值

• 批准号: 0080335
• 负责人: Lawrence Busch
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-10-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080335&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Setting; Standard

This dissertation research improvement grant examines the impact of changing international and national standards on human and non-human actors in the South African red meat commodity chain. South Africa only recently has had the opportunity to become an acceptable partner in the international trading arena. In order to be successful in international markets, South Africa may have to adopt standards that call into question the existing "traditional" standards that have and continue to serve other purposes, beyond the economic. This project will examine the way standards shape and are shaped by social interaction, and therefore, will reveal the ethical values that are embedded in standards. Such an understanding will improve the ability to examine the impact of global trade in agriculture and food on diverse groups of actors, particularly as they differ by race and gender, at the national and local levels. The project utilizes four complementary methods to analyze how standards promote particular values and how differing networks negotiate these standards. The methods include: (1) semi-structured interviews, (2) on-going participant observation, (3) a review and analysis of technical documents related to the historical development of red meat standards, and (4) a review of official statistics on the red meat industry in South Africa.

该论文研究改进资助研究了不断变化的国际和国家标准对南非红肉商品链中人类和非人类参与者的影响。南非最近才有机会成为国际贸易领域可接受的合作伙伴。为了在国际市场上取得成功，南非可能必须采用对现有“传统”标准提出质疑的标准，这些标准已经并将继续服务于经济以外的其他目的。该项目将研究标准的形成方式以及社会互动影响标准的方式，因此将揭示标准中蕴含的道德价值观。这种理解将提高审查全球农业和粮食贸易对不同参与者群体的影响的能力，特别是因为他们在国家和地方层面存在种族和性别差异。该项目利用四种互补方法来分析标准如何促进特定价值观以及不同网络如何协商这些标准。这些方法包括：（1）半结构化访谈，（2）持续参与观察，（3）对与红肉标准历史发展相关的技术文件进行审查和分析，以及（4）对南非红肉行业的官方统计数据进行审查。