Globalization, Foreign Investment Dependence and Agriculture Production: Pesticide and Fertilizer Use in Less-Developed Countries, 1990-2000

Autor/inn/en	Jorgenson, Andrew K.; Kuykendall, Kennon A.
Titel	Globalization, Foreign Investment Dependence and Agriculture Production: Pesticide and Fertilizer Use in Less-Developed Countries, 1990-2000
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 87 (2008) 1, S.529-560 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Poisoning; Global Approach; Sociology; Agriculture; Foreign Policy; Investment; Economic Development; Developing Nations; Hypothesis Testing; Physical Environment; Ecological Factors; Pollution; Agricultural Production; Land Use; Self Determination; Political Power; Power Structure; Business; Corporations; Agribusiness; Climate; Hazardous Materials; Public Health; Social Indicators; Agronomy; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Soziologie; Landwirtschaft; Außenpolitik; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Natürliche Umwelt; Ökologischer Ansatz; Schadstoffbelastung; Agriculture; Production; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Bodennutzung; Selbstbestimmung; Politische Macht; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Unternehmen; Agrarindustrie; Klima; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff; Gesundheitswesen; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Agarwissenschaft; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Bridging the areas of political-economic sociology, the sociology of agriculture and environmental sociology, this study tests two hypotheses derived from a refined theory of foreign investment dependence. The hypotheses state that pesticide and fertilizer use intensity in less-developed countries are both positively associated with foreign investment dependence in the primary sector. The use of such inputs in agriculture production is known to contribute to a variety of human health and environmental problems. Findings for random effects and static score panel regression analyses of 35 less-developed countries confirm the hypotheses, and point to the sociological relevance in assessing the potential social and environmental impacts of both the transnational organization and the relative scale of production in different sectors. (Contains 6 tables and 18 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10