Résumé
The fragmentation of the agricultural profession, due to the crisis of the productivist model & the contraction of the financially viable agricultural market, is structured by predominant labor union agendas. Market deregulation & standardization of agricultural policy making have forced specialized associations to emerge, mobilizing both extraagricultural social movements & profession-specific alliances. Their pragmatic, simple approaches to influence policy making & establish a public identity include legislative lobbying. Based on a sociological & historical analysis of specialized French agricultural organizations (AGPB, promoting the wheat industry, & FNPL for the dairy industry), it is noted that farm workers' unions aim for the territorialization & sectorialization of agricultural policy. Structural transformations of agriculture have problematicized traditional sources of organizational legitimacy. AA Tr & Modified by J. Sadler.