SOC 2080 Lecture 2: SOC 2080 LECTURE 2
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Hindu caste culture -> a person acceptable for the table is acceptable for the marriage bed (not accepted at the table if you"re not marriage material). Who gets to eat wheat, where - canada. Free trade and food: case of mexico - agro exports and corn imports - us and canada with wage levels and free capital migration. > impact on small farms of mexico that cannot produce corn and did not bring them any money which then turned to be created with american corn. winners: food processing companies and entrepreneurs. Special place of the family farms and farming as side of production of our culture. It is our historical importance and of those of agrarians. of inputs and processing 10x value of farm outputs by the 1970"s. The question of power: what is it, who has it, what are their objectives, how are they exercising power, and what are the main consequences for society.