Abstract
This comparative case study explores the problems of food deserts in Youngstown, Ohio and their work to eradicate them. This case compares four different food justice groups and hypothesizes that successful food justice groups will embodied a working class-culture perspective and will have to cooperate with the state and avoid cooption. The case concluded that this model has strong analytical power and that future research should be conducted on these issues because of a lack of research.
Advisor
Matsuzawa, Setsuko
Second Advisor
Van Doorn, Bas
Department
Sociology and Anthropology; Political Science
Recommended Citation
Porter, Matthew, "Cooperation Not Cooption: Organizing Strategies For Food Justice in Youngstown Ohio" (2012). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1190.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1190
Disciplines
Place and Environment | Regional Sociology
Keywords
food justice, food deserts, youngstown, food literacy, cooperation, urban agriculture, grocery store
Publication Date
2012
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2012 Matthew Porter