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Making Methamphetamine, Ralph Weisheit Dec 2008

Making Methamphetamine, Ralph Weisheit

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In many parts of the U.S. methamphetamine production remains a serious problem despite efforts to restrict access to precursor chemicals. Methamphetamine laboratories are a particular issue in rural areas, where many essential chemicals are available and where a lower population density means that noxious fumes are less likely to be noticed. This paper shows how the problem emerged and changed over time and includes: Early production in the U.S., the spread of meth production, the process of making meth, precursor control efforts, superlabs versus small local operations, health risks, contaminated lab sites, and children found in methamphetamine lab sites.


Special Issue Editors' Notes, Daniel W. Phillips Iii, Steven F. Hundersmarck Dec 2008

Special Issue Editors' Notes, Daniel W. Phillips Iii, Steven F. Hundersmarck

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Special Issue Editors' Notes


Illegal Dumping: Large And Small Scale Littering In Rural Kentucky, Kenneth D. Tunnell Dec 2008

Illegal Dumping: Large And Small Scale Littering In Rural Kentucky, Kenneth D. Tunnell

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Illegal dumping, a social problem greatly affecting some rural states, occurs at both the large and small scale as open dump sites and roadside trash. Focusing on Kentucky, a rural state without mandatory trash pickup and a per capita income below and a poverty rate above the national average, this photo essay describes the dumping and littering problem. As is shown, legislative and executive initiatives have made some inroads in large-scale clean up. Some local governments, however, appear apathetic about addressing illegal dumping in their own communities. Kentucky’s litter problem is showing few signs of improvement and roadside littering seemingly …


The Game Of Wardens And Poachers, Craig J. Forsyth Dec 2008

The Game Of Wardens And Poachers, Craig J. Forsyth

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper is a descriptive analysis of the main aspect of the job of game wardens, the apprehension of poachers. Based on data from interviews with 62 game wardens the author describes the actions of game wardens in attempting to enforce wildlife conservation laws. Extensive quotations from interviews with game wardens are presented. The analysis is focused around their responses to guiding questions regarding the probability of apprehension of poachers. These include: (1) poaching alone, (2) very experienced at poaching, (3) nevertalks about their poaching activities, (4) the use of informants, (5) remaining mobile, (6) being familiar with the geographic …


December 8, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Dec 2008

December 8, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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December 4, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Dec 2008

December 4, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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November 7, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Nov 2008

November 7, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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November 5, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Nov 2008

November 5, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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October 31, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 31, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 24, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 24, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 22, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 22, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 20, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 20, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 16, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 16, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 15, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 15, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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October 14, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 14, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 13, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 13, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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October 6, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Oct 2008

October 6, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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Complete Issue, Journal Editors Oct 2008

Complete Issue, Journal Editors

Southern Anthropologist

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Synergy, Meshworks, And The Nature Of Anthropology: A Teaching Perspective, Robert Shanafelt Oct 2008

Synergy, Meshworks, And The Nature Of Anthropology: A Teaching Perspective, Robert Shanafelt

Southern Anthropologist

Textbooks in general anthropology describe the subject as a holistic endeavor with distinct subfields. However, other than paying lip service to the concept of holism, most establish few fundamental links between the biological, social, and linguistic features of the discipline. In this paper I argue that four-field anthropology is best taught not as a set of layered blocks but as a meshwork of interacting layers of complexity. Moreover, the metaphor of meshworks in synergistic interaction changes not only how we imagine that anthropology’s parts are integrated, it suggests a different philosophical orientation to the study of the physical, communicative, and …


Kalinago Ethnicity And Ancestral Knowledge, Kathryn A. Hudepohl Oct 2008

Kalinago Ethnicity And Ancestral Knowledge, Kathryn A. Hudepohl

Southern Anthropologist

The Kalinago of Dominica have engaged in various efforts at cultural renewal in the past three decades. In this paper I examine one particular activity, recreated traditional dancing, and analyze how performers combine current and past cultural practices from their own community together with knowledge garnered from other indigenous groups to reinvent dance performances. Such performances represent a recent manifestation of successful cultural renewal in which community members use known resources to re-imagine and recreate meaningful tradition(s). Analysis of recreated traditional dance performances provides insight regarding how some members of the Kalinago community think about and utilize the ancestral knowledge …


September 26, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2008

September 26, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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September 23, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2008

September 23, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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September 17, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2008

September 17, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

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September 12, 2008, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2008

September 12, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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The Contributions Of Dr. William Heffernan And The Missouri School Of Agrifood Studies, Anna M. Kleiner, John J. Green Aug 2008

The Contributions Of Dr. William Heffernan And The Missouri School Of Agrifood Studies, Anna M. Kleiner, John J. Green

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

“The Missouri School” refers to a collection of faculty and students studying agrifood systems who have been connected to the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri–Columbia. Heavily influenced by the populist pragmatist William “Bill” Heffernan, Missouri School analysts focus their attention on structural arrangements, power relationships, and spaces in which struggle for change might result in alternatives to the prevailing system. This article is an introduction to the special issue of Southern Rural Sociology devoted to research and theorizing done by students and faculty of the Missouri School. It includes an overview of the development of the …


Visualizing Food System Concentration And Consolidation, Philip H. Howard Aug 2008

Visualizing Food System Concentration And Consolidation, Philip H. Howard

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Visualization of the changing structure of the food system has played an important role in the Missouri School of Agrifood Studies’ research and outreach. The analogies and diagrams Missouri researchers have used to describe concentration and consolidation have aided our understanding of the extent of these phenomena, as well as their social impacts. This article discusses why visualization is effective for analyzing and presenting data. Recent advances in visualizing concentration and consolidation are described—these methods include 1) treemaps, 2) cartographic maps, 3) cluster diagrams, 4) taxonomic tree/timelines, and 5) animations. Examples utilizing data from the North American organic food industry …


Agribusiness Concentration, Intellectual Property, And The Prospects For Rural Economic Benefits From The Emerging Biofuel Economy, Leland L. Glenna, Daniel R. Cahoy Aug 2008

Agribusiness Concentration, Intellectual Property, And The Prospects For Rural Economic Benefits From The Emerging Biofuel Economy, Leland L. Glenna, Daniel R. Cahoy

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

United States policy makers are promoting bio-fuels as an economic development opportunity, especially for rural America. A USDA study claims that developments in energy production from biomass could increase profits for agricultural commodity producers. However, as William Heffernan and his colleagues have demonstrated, concentration in the agrifood sector limits the economic benefits going to the commodity producers. Relying on Heffernan’s framework, we compare the distribution of intellectual property of corn and other genetically modified crops with that of the emerging biomass technologies. We find that patent ownership in the emerging biofuel sector is not yet as concentrated as in the …


Escaping The Bondage Of The Dominant Agrifood System: Community-Based Cooperative Strategies, John J. Green, Anna M. Kleiner Aug 2008

Escaping The Bondage Of The Dominant Agrifood System: Community-Based Cooperative Strategies, John J. Green, Anna M. Kleiner

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The “Missouri School” of critical agrifood studies has provided an effective framework for documenting and understanding the structural dimensions of the global agrifood system and locating important nodes of power.This has directed attention toward the negative impacts of industrialization and corporate concentration on agricultural producers, local communities and economies, and the environment. Using these criticalinsights, pressure on the dominant agrifood system by civil society organizations has resulted in important changes to production and marketing strategies and related public policies. We broaden this discussion by using social movement and livelihoods theory to explore the position of limited resource and minority producers …


Creating Alternatives: A Participant Observer's Reflections On The Emerging Local Food System In Kansas City, Mary Hendrickson Aug 2008

Creating Alternatives: A Participant Observer's Reflections On The Emerging Local Food System In Kansas City, Mary Hendrickson

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The Missouri School has been known for its study of the structure of agriculture and food, and what affects structural arrangements have on farmers, communities, and environments. A lesser known aspect of the Missouri School is its use of structural analyses to analyze and promote alternatives. As a participant observer of the Kansas City food system for more than 15 years, I highlight the continual evolution of alternatives in the region, documenting the long involvement of the Missouri School with the development of these alternatives, from providing structural analyses to extension programming. This case study shows the struggle that farmers, …


2009 Srsa Presidential Address: Modification And Adaptation In Rural Sociology: Part I, Gene L. Theodori Aug 2008

2009 Srsa Presidential Address: Modification And Adaptation In Rural Sociology: Part I, Gene L. Theodori

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The 2009 Southern Rural Sociological Association Presidential Address