The Political Economy of the Mexican Farm Labor Program, 1942-64
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3803322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joon Kim (0000-0001-5128-1963, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 13-53 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aztlán A Journal of Chicano Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0005-2604 • E-ISSN: 2996-2595 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/azt.2004.29.2.13 |
| OpenAlex | W90387422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Between 1942 and 1964, the Mexican Farm Labor Program brought in an unprecedented number of Mexican workers to perform harvesting jobs in U.S. agriculture. Started during World War II in response to wartime labor shortages, the program was extended for almost two decades after the end of the war. Yet it was fraught with political controversy, as Congress, growers, and the public debated labor needs in agriculture, the potential impact of foreign contracting on the domestic workforce, and the flexibility of imported labor. Drawing upon congressional hearings, international treaties, and government reports, this essay uses a political economy perspective to examine the process by which U.S. agriculture has come to depend on Mexican workers and the continued rationalization of foreign agricultural worker programs through a state-business alliance. A critique of the political economy of the Mexican Farm Labor Program also serves as a basis for formulating a viable H-2A program, the temporary or seasonal foreign worker program being debated in Congress today
Agriculture · Alliance · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Labor relations · Labour economics · Management · Political science · Politics · Rationalization (economics) · The labor problem · Workforce · Law · Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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