Material Information
- Title:
- SMALL STEPS BY MANKIND, GIANT LEAPS FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS: STATE-LEVEL FARM ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Sneed, Malorie
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Publication Date:
- 2014
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Social Sciences
- Area of Concentration:
- Political Science
Subjects
- Genre:
- bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, territorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Notes
- Abstract:
- Farm animal welfare legislation regulates the well-being of animals during their
lives on factory farms. The recent passage of citizen-initiated ballot measures and
legislation in several states suggests that certain factors play a role in the passage of this
legislation. The goal of this thesis was to understand which factors have contributed to
the success of this legislation. This study posits that education, agribusiness activity,
political ideology, and party identification influence the passage of farm animal welfare
legislation. I conducted quantitative correlational tests between these four factors and the
presence of farm animal welfare legislation. I found that ideology appears to be a
significant factor in aiding the passage of this legislation.
Qualitative case studies of Florida, California, and Rhode Island revealed that
citizen-initiated ballot measures, as well as state legislation, are two avenues that have
been successful in advancing farm animal welfare. Effective farm animal welfare
legislation indicates that the legal welfarism approach is, in fact, consistent with the aim
of furthering animal rights. The doctrine of legal welfarism does perpetuate the property
status of animals, but farm animal welfare legislation improves the lives of animals much
more effectively than any attempt to secure their formal legal rights.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Malorie Sneed
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: Fitzgerald, Keith
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Resource Identifier:
- Classification:
- S.T. 2014 S7
- System ID:
- AA00024815:00001
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