The endless quest : helping America's farm workers /: helping America's farm workers. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The endless quest : helping America's farm workers /: helping America's farm workers. (2019)
- Main Title:
- The endless quest : helping America's farm workers
- Further Information:
- Note: Philip L. Martin and David A. Martin.
- Other Names:
- Martin, Philip L, 1949-
Martin, David A, 1948- - Contents:
- Introduction: Sisyphus in the Fields. The Endless Quest to Help Migrants. The Plan of This Book -- 1. Migrant Farm Workers in U.S. Agriculture. The U.S. Food and Fiber System. Farm Labor: A History of Neglect. Farm Labor Themes. Why Migrant Assistance Programs? Migrants and Immigrants -- 2. The Development of Migrant Assistance Programs. Overcoming Local Neglect. Migrant Education. Migrant Health. Migrant Head Start. Job Training for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (JTPA 402). Other Federal Programs Serving Farm Workers -- 3. Coordination Among Migrant Assistance Programs. State Level Coordination. Coordination at the Local Level. Coordination: Promises and Problems. Do Differences in Definitions Impede Coordination? -- 4. National Coordination. Existing National Coordination Efforts. Evaluation of National-Level Coordination. Toward a Better Coordinating Entity. Promoting Coordination: An Interagency Coordinating Council -- 5. Data and Definitions. Myths and Stereotypes. Bottom-Up Versus Top-Down Estimation Procedures. Three Suggestions for Change. Migrant Numbers and Characteristics. A Serious Strategy for Farm Worker Data. Developing a Uniform Definition. The Elements of a Core Definition -- 6. The Endless Quest in the 1990s. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Trade and NAFTA. Needy Migrant Workers? Whither Farm Worker Assistance? -- Appendix A. Recommendation 92-4 of the Administrative Conference of the United States 1 C.F.R. [Section] 305.924 (1993) -- Appendix B.Introduction: Sisyphus in the Fields. The Endless Quest to Help Migrants. The Plan of This Book -- 1. Migrant Farm Workers in U.S. Agriculture. The U.S. Food and Fiber System. Farm Labor: A History of Neglect. Farm Labor Themes. Why Migrant Assistance Programs? Migrants and Immigrants -- 2. The Development of Migrant Assistance Programs. Overcoming Local Neglect. Migrant Education. Migrant Health. Migrant Head Start. Job Training for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (JTPA 402). Other Federal Programs Serving Farm Workers -- 3. Coordination Among Migrant Assistance Programs. State Level Coordination. Coordination at the Local Level. Coordination: Promises and Problems. Do Differences in Definitions Impede Coordination? -- 4. National Coordination. Existing National Coordination Efforts. Evaluation of National-Level Coordination. Toward a Better Coordinating Entity. Promoting Coordination: An Interagency Coordinating Council -- 5. Data and Definitions. Myths and Stereotypes. Bottom-Up Versus Top-Down Estimation Procedures. Three Suggestions for Change. Migrant Numbers and Characteristics. A Serious Strategy for Farm Worker Data. Developing a Uniform Definition. The Elements of a Core Definition -- 6. The Endless Quest in the 1990s. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Trade and NAFTA. Needy Migrant Workers? Whither Farm Worker Assistance? -- Appendix A. Recommendation 92-4 of the Administrative Conference of the United States 1 C.F.R. [Section] 305.924 (1993) -- Appendix B. Migrant Services Director -- Appendix C. Farm Labor Data -- Appendix D. Glossary of Acronyms. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (258 pages)
- Subjects:
- 331.5/44/0973
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy -- United States
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy
Landarbeiter
Sozialpolitik
Saisonarbeiter
United States
USA
USA - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000301007
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