The Fault Lines of Farm Policy

A Legislative and Political History of the Farm Bill

Jonathan Coppess (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

504 Seiten

2018
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-0512-4 (ISBN)

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At the intersection of the growing national conversation about our food system and the long-running debate about the US government's role in society is the complex farm bill. In The Fault Lines of Farm Policy Jonathan Coppess analyses the legislative and political history of the farm bill, including the evolution of congressional politics for farm policy.

At the intersection of the growing national conversation about our food system and the long-running debate about our government’s role in society is the complex farm bill. American farm policy, built on a political coalition of related interests with competing and conflicting demands, has proven incredibly resilient despite development and growth.

In The Fault Lines of Farm Policy Jonathan Coppess analyzes the legislative and political history of the farm bill, including the evolution of congressional politics for farm policy. Disputes among the South, the Great Plains, and the Midwest form the primordial fault line that has defined the debate throughout farm policy’s history. Because these regions formed the original farm coalition and have played the predominant roles throughout, this study concentrates on the three major commodities produced in these regions: cotton, wheat, and corn. Coppess examines policy development by the political and congressional interests representing these commodities, including basic drivers such as coalition building, external and internal pressures on the coalition and its fault lines, and the impact of commodity prices. This exploration of the political fault lines provides perspectives for future policy discussions and more effective policy outcomes.

Jonathan Coppess is a clinical assistant professor of law and policy in the department of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He previously served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, as well as administrator and deputy administrator for farm programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in Washington DC.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fault Lines and Farm Policy
1. The Origins of Farm Policy, 1909–1933
2. Adjusting to the New Deal and War, 1933–1945
3. Transition and Turbulence after War, 1945–1949
4. A Surplus of Problems and Disagreement, 1950–1969
5. The Commodity “Roller Coaster” and the Crash, 1970–1989
6. Revolution and Reform Launch the Modern Era, 1990–1999
7. Cotton, Ethanol, and Risk Management Form the Modern Era, 2000–2010
8. Old Fights Plague the Agricultural Act of 2014, 2011–2014
9. Trying to Reason with the Fault Lines
Appendix 1: Graphs and Charts
Appendix 2: Bills and Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	2 appendixes, index
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4962-0512-X / 149620512X
ISBN-13	978-1-4962-0512-4 / 9781496205124
Zustand	Neuware