TY  - CHAP
AB  - This paper illustrates the resistance of environmentally concerned groups and citizens against the establishment and growth of corporate-operated confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the Panhandle region of Texas. We contend that local resistance was partially successful as locally based groups were able to create a contested terrain of political discourse and defend pro-quality of the environment, pro-quality of life and pro-personal property stands against corporate actions. Additionally, we maintain that this success is limited as corporations are powerful. This power is expressed through strategies which present a pro-environment and pro-community based corporate image and are complemented by the corporate capacity to control political processes and economically affect the actions of local communities. The paper concludes with some brief reflections on the primary analytical aspects of the case and avenues which would engender improved social relations in the region.
VL  - 22
SN  - 978-0-76230-665-7, 978-1-84950-054-8/0163-786X
DO  - 10.1016/S0163-786X(00)80036-1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-786X(00)80036-1
AU  - Bonnano Alessandro
AU  - Constance Douglas H.
ED  - Patrick G. Coy
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - Mega hog farms in the Texas Panhandle region
T2  - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
T3  - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 83
EP  - 110
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -