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Tables of Contents for Balancing Acts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
6
Farmwork: Hiding Our Heads in the Sand
1
1
Dialogue of the Deaf
2
2
The 1990s Immigration Debacle and Its Effect on the Farmworker Issue
4
3
The Industry and Its Workers
7
8
The Agricultural Industry and Agricultural Policy
7
3
Seasonal Farm Labor and the Market
10
1
The Current Temporary Foreign Worker Program
11
4
Perishable Crop Agriculture and Seasonal Foreign Workers
15
4
Constructing a Fair Bargain on Seasonal Work in the U.S. FVH Industry
19
14
General Principles
20
4
Selection, Entry, and Employment Conditions for Foreign Workers
24
4
Program Administration Issues
28
3
Enforcement Issues
31
2
Foreign Seasonal Agricultural Workers and the United States-Mexico Bilateral Relationship
33
4
U.S. Government Concerns and Priorities
33
2
Mexican Government Concerns and Priorities
35
2
Conclusion: The Price of a Cheap Food and International Competitiveness Policy in FVH Agriculture
37
4
References
41
2
Appendix A
43
2
About the Authors
45
2
International Migration Policy Program
47
2
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
49