Thesis
SEEING UNDOCUMENTED FARMWORKERS AS ESSENTIAL: POLICY IMPLICATIONS DURING COVID-19 IN YAKIMA WASHINGTON
Washington State University
Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Washington State University
01/2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005482
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/119484
Abstract
by Lilia E. Monje, M.P.A. Washington State University
May 2021
Chair: Mark Stephan The value of narratives when crafting laws cannot be overstated; however, for stories to successfully influence public opinion, policy reform and policy results must include the correct elements. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) components and standards assess policy narrative influence in a way that encompasses the power of participation as a causal mechanism to highlight stories and express beliefs. Using the NPF, I evaluate the impacts of favorable policy changes connected with farmworkers mobilization during the current global health crisis due to Coronavirus (Covid-19). This study touched on the strikes of essential agricultural laborers in Yakima, Washington during the initial outbreaks of Covid-19. While Covid-19 has been labeled as the event that has shaken the world in modern history, the pandemic has also exacerbated many existing social and political inequities, disproportionately affecting underserved and vulnerable populations worldwide. Under the NPF, this study also addressed the tactics political and social actors who want to change the narrative around both documented and undocumented foreign-born workers, with the hopes of then leading to new legislation to guarantee better protection. Finally, I concluded that policy narratives, while strong, they are insufficient to move immigration reform forward, at least under the current policy-making process.
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- Title
- SEEING UNDOCUMENTED FARMWORKERS AS ESSENTIAL: POLICY IMPLICATIONS DURING COVID-19 IN YAKIMA WASHINGTON
- Creators
- Lilia Esperaza Monje
- Contributors
- Mark Stephan (Advisor)Paul Thiers (Committee Member)Marcelo Diversi (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 90
- Identifiers
- 99900592154701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis