Dissertation Research: Moral Economies in Dairy Production.

SES-1333367菲利普麦克迈克尔凯瑟琳SexsmithCornell UniversityThis论文探讨劳动过程和工作场所之间的关系无证移民和农民的纽约奶牛场的道德基础，在工业增长和巩固的背景下。虽然社会学发展理论期望工业化农业中的劳动关系受功能和客观规范的支配，但奶牛场的就业承诺往往基于正义和情感纽带的概念。本论文的研究假设，农民被迫满足工人的理想，公平对待劳动力，包括保护移民执法和支持，在满足基本需求，由于这些移民的熟练工作表现和劳动力外逃的风险。它进一步假设，农民遵守这些道德经济矛盾地有助于乳品工业的现代化。本研究通过回答以下问题，有助于理解农业社会的工业化进程、移民网络和全球化下的农业劳动力：（1）无证身份联合收割机如何与生产结构相结合，形成：a）奶制品劳动的物质和社会经验，以及B）移民网络的形成？(2)农场主和工人利用什么样的公平理想来使奶牛场的劳动分工合法化？(3)当他们对公平的期望没有得到满足时，移民工人如何抵制，以及对农场有什么影响？研究人员将在两个纽约乳品县完成比较，人种学研究，这些县在农业工业增长和移民执法活动方面有不同的经验。它分析了奶牛场生活的社会结构，通过半结构化访谈，时间使用调查，档案分析，并与农场和社区成员的参与观察。研究结果可能会为移民政策和农业推广计划提供信息，这些计划旨在改善移民工人的就业条件和奶牛场的生存能力。结果将提交给康奈尔合作推广办公室。研究设计包括为移民工人开设英语课程，帮助他们融入社区。这也有利于两名本科生的教学和学习，他们将被聘为研究助理。该项目的理论定位是发展社会学和移徙研究的结合点，这将有助于跨学科合作。

SES-1333367Phillip McMichaelKathleen SexsmithCornell UniversityThis dissertation examines the moral basis of the labor process and workplace relationships between undocumented immigrants and farmers on New York dairies, in the context of industrial growth and consolidation. Although sociological theories of development expect labor relationships in industrial agriculture to be governed by functional and impersonal norms, employment commitments on dairy farms are often based on notions of justice and affective ties. This dissertation research hypothesizes that farmers are compelled to meet workers' ideals of fairness regarding the treatment of labor, including protection from immigration enforcement and support in meeting basic needs, due to these immigrants' skilled job performance and the risk of their labor flight. It further hypothesizes that farmers' compliance with these moral economies paradoxically contributes to the modernization of the dairy industry. The study contributes to understanding industrialization processes in agrarian societies, migrant networks, and agricultural labor under globalization, by seeking answers to the following questions: (1) How does undocumented status combine with the structure of production to shape: a) the material and social experience of dairy labor, and b) the formation of migrant networks? (2) What ideals of fairness do farm owners and workers draw upon to legitimate the division of labor on dairy farms? (3) How, and with what impact on farms, do migrant workers resist when their expectations of fairness are not met? The researchers will complete comparative, ethnographic research in two New York dairying counties with differing experiences of agro-industrial growth and immigration enforcement activity. It analyzes the social fabric of dairy farm life through semi-structured interviews, time use surveys, archival analysis, and participant observation with farm and community members. StudyBroader ImpactsFindings could potentially inform immigration policies and agricultural extension programs that aim to improve the employment conditions of migrant workers and the viability of dairy farms. Results will be presented to the Cornell Cooperative Extension offices. The research design includes English classes for immigrant workers, helping them to integrate in the community. It also benefits the teaching and learning of two undergraduate students, who will be employed as research assistants. The theoretical positioning of the project at the nexus of development sociology and migration studies will contribute to interdisciplinary collaboration.