Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Spring 2015 Food security in the free state province: Meaning making as democratic agency Jacqueline Del Valle Hanoman Ambrosio Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Sustainability Commons Recommended Citation Hanoman Ambrosio, Jacqueline Del Valle, "Food security in the free state province: Meaning making as democratic agency" (2015). Open Access Dissertations. 466. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/466 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. Graduate School Form 30 Updated 1/15/2015 PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance This is to certify that the thesis/dissertation prepared By Jacqueline Del Valle Hanoman Ambrosio Entitled FOOD SECURITY IN THE FREE STATE PROVINCE: MEANING MAKING AS DEMOCRATIC AGENCY For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Is approved by the final examining committee: Dr. Anne Knupfer Chair Dr. Leonard Harris Dr. Harry Targ Dr. Lisa Merriweather To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Thesis/Dissertation Agreement, Publication Delay, and Certification Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 32), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy of Integrity in Research” and the use of copyright material. Approved by Major Professor(s): Dr. Anne Knupfer Approved by: Dr. Ala Samarapungavan 4/7/2015 Head of the Departmental Graduate Program Date FOOD SECURITY IN THE FREE STATE PROVINCE: MEANING MAKING AS DEMOCRATIC AGENCY A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Jacqueline Del Valle Hanoman Ambrosio In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2015 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii To the people of the Free State Province.