William D Heffernan

Biographic Data

ID301654
NAMEWilliam D Heffernan
GIVEN NAMESWilliam D
FAMILY NAMEHeffernan
SIGNATUREHEFFERNAN W D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Missouri
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS160
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX4

  • Does The World Need U.S. Farmers Even If Americans Don’t

    Open AccessM Hendrickson, Harvey S James et al.ARTICLEJournal of Agricultural and…2008Cited by: 3References: 7

  • Opening Spaces through Relocalization: Locating Potential Resistance in the Weaknesses of the Global Food System

    Open AccessM Hendrickson, Mary K Hendrickson et al.ARTICLESociologia Ruralis2002Cited by: 131References: 1

    In this paper we explore several themes based on our intertwined research and outreach activities. First, we examine and discuss emerging global food chains that are embedded in strategic alliances, joint ventures and relationships - in short in networks of power. Decisions are being displaced away from multiple actors situated in different localities to globalized decision-making located within a few firms that make up each cluster. While the ro…

  • Agriculture and Monopoly Capital

    William D HeffernanARTICLEMonthly Review1998

    Native Americans and the European settlers who subsequently occupied the territory of the United States developed an agricultural and food production system that was largely self-sufficient. Most families produced, processed, and consumed their own food. Families made many of the tools and produced most of the seed they needed, and raised their own animal power. Few items were purchased for food production and processing, but there was very littl…

  • Global contested terrain: The case of the tuna-dolphin controversy

    Open AccessDouglas H Constance, Alessandro Bonanno et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1995Cited by: 6References: 7

  • The Tuna-Dolphin Controversy

    Open AccessDouglas H Constance, Alessandro Bonanno et al.ARTICLECritical Sociology1995Cited by: 3References: 4

    This study uses the case of the tuna-dolphin controversy to inform discussions in the sociology of agriculture regarding global post-Fordism in general and the new mode of regulation in particular. Global post-Fordism is defined as the global economic restructuring in progress and the associated emergence of transnational corporations (TNCs) and transnational-States. Mode of regulation is the historically specific set of social norms that are ins…

  • Soil erosion and perception of the problem

    Open AccessGary P Green, William D HeffernanARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies1987Cited by: 5

  • Home food production in rural areas

    Open AccessGary P Green, William D HeffernanARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies1986References: 3

  • The Slave Trade and Abolition in Travel Literature

    William D Heffernan, William HeffernanARTICLEJournal of the History of Ideas1973

  • Sociological Dimensions of Agricultural Structures in the United States

    Open AccessWilliam D HeffernanARTICLESociologia Ruralis1972Cited by: 10References: 2

  • Benefits and Role Performance in Voluntary Organizations: An Exploration of Social Exchange

    Open AccessDavid L Rogers, William D Heffernan et al.ARTICLESociological Quarterly1972Cited by: 2References: 3

    This paper reports an exploration of the relationship between members' role performance and the benefits they receive from their organizations. The general relationship is interpreted in the context of a “social exchange model” for voluntary associations. Data for the analysis pertain to members of four voluntary farm organizations: Farm Bureau, Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, and Grange. The data were obtained in a state-wide surve…