Building on a previous study, this report explores in more detail one aspect of the "de facto mental health services system," treatment disorders by nonpsychiatrist physicians office-based practice. Data from 1980 and 1981 National Ambulatory Medical Care surveys indicate that almost half all office visits to physician resulting disorder diagnosis are nonpsychiatrists, mostly primary care. Nonpsychiatrists' mentally ill patients tend be less seriously than psychiatrists, likely come with...

This article analyzes how a new social movement against genetic engineering in agriculture managed to turn major industry upside down. While the movements literature has long recognized importance of external context for success movements, it paid little attention institutional logic and features targets other than state. Here I argue that an undertheorized aspect context, namely, structures, is primary factor explaining why anti-biotech Western Europe was so effective. As conceptualized...

Existing literature suggests that food, fiber, and raw material sectors differ from manufacturing in significant ways. However, there is no analytical basis for engaging the particular challenges of nature-centered production, thus distinct ways industrialization proceeds extractive cultivation-based industries. This article presents a framework analyzing difference nature makes these Nature seen as set obstacles, opportunities, surprises firms confront their attempts to subordinate...

Contents Introduction: The Contending Worlds of Biotechnology 1. Precursors to Protest 2. Creating an Industry Actor 3. Forging a Global Movement 4. Struggle over in Western Europe 5. Controversy the United States 6. Biotech Battles and Agricultural Development Africa Conclusion: A Different Future for Biotechnology? Acknowledgments Appendix: Data Sources Notes Bibliography Index

Twenty years ago, two environmental sociologists made a bold call for paradigmatic shift in the discipline of sociology—namely, one that would bring nature into center sociological inquiry and recognize inseparability society. In this essay, we review recent scholarship seeks to meet challenge. The respective strands literature come from margins sociology border on other arenas social theory production, including neo-Marxism, political ecology, materialist feminism, studies science. Bringing...

After a decade of debt crisis and severe economic decline, countries throughout Latin America are seeking radical new treatments for their ills. Under pressure from internal political actors, international lending aid agencies, or some combination these, many American turning to outward-looking development strategies stabilize balance payments revitalize growth. Serving as the centerpiece is promotion “nontraditional” exports.

In the late 1990s, British anti–genetic engineering (GE) movement effectively closed Britain's market for genetically modified foods, while U.S. anti‐GE had a negligible impact. seeking to explain different outcomes of these similar social movements, authors draw upon global commodity chains (GCC) literature extend understanding economic and industry‐related openings closures movements face as they seek promote change. This analysis not only illustrates importance structures organization...

According to the National Crime Records Bureau of Government India, ‘between 1997 and 2006 an average 17,366 agriculturalists committed suicide in India. By end 2008, 199,132 agric...

In order to address food insecurity, the New Green Revolution for Africa ( GR 4A) promotes tighter integration of African smallholder farmers, especially women, into formal markets via value chains improve farmers’ input access and encourage sale crop surpluses. This commentary offers a theoretical practical critique 4A model, drawing on early findings from five‐year study chain initiatives in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique. It highlights limitations model that views heightened...

The 1982 United Nations Law of the Sea was expected by many to lead a drastic redistribution income from world's fisheries. This article explores extent which this happened examining case Pacific Islands' tuna industry. analysis shows that even though these developing countries gained legal jurisdiction over some largest stocks in world, they encountered tremendous obstacles when attempted convert those tenure rights into concrete economic gains. Notwithstanding their success organizing and...

Abstract In spite of impressive efforts from public and private organizations over the last 25 years, agricultural biotechnology has gained relatively little ground in Africa. Using ethnographic research case studies across continent, we argue that a complex choreography socio-political, regulatory, business conditions is required for projects to ‘succeed’ While this rarely achieved, bring continent have resulted significant reconfigurations political, legal, media landscapes many African...

Abstract Natural-resource-based export-oriented growth strategies have resurfaced as the dominant development approach in Latin America. While a growing literature exists on economic, equity, gender, and environmental impacts of this strategy, insufficient attention has been paid to its significance for labor. This article seeks help fill gap by analyzing effects Chilean workers. Based study fruit, forestry, fishing sectors, my work shows that type strategy can be very labor-absorbing offer...

Scholars and activists working from within a political economy perspective often fail to explore the distinct motives, interests behaviours of powerful actors who appear be ‘as one’ on common agenda. Such is case in recent analyses efforts promote use biotechnology Africa. While critical literature largely focuses attempt create what Peter Newell calls ‘bio‐hegemony’, present paper explores diverse tensions that have worked out order build such pro‐biotechnology coalitions. I analyse...

This paper explores the access and equity implications to poor taxpayers of further defederalizing Medicaid program administration. New data on enrollees tax incidence indicates little horizontal, let alone vertical, in system. Styles cost control are also examined, showing a systematic bias towards providers at expense penurious states.