Framing the Farm Bill
Interests, Ideology, and the Agricultural Act of 2014
Seiten
2017
University Press of Kansas (Verlag)
978-0-7006-2419-5 (ISBN)
University Press of Kansas (Verlag)
978-0-7006-2419-5 (ISBN)
The only book to explore what the saga of the 2014 Farm Bill tells us about the politics of food in contemporary America.
In January 2014, for the first time in the history of federal farm legislation going back to the Great Depression, all four members of the US House of Representatives from Kansas voted against the Farm Bill, despite pleas by the states agricultural leaders to support it. Why? The story of the Agricultural Act of 2014, as it unfolds in Framing the Farm Bill, has much to tell us about the complex nature of farm legislation, food policy, and partisan politics in present-day America.
Framing the Farm Bill is an enlightening look at federal agricultural policy—its workings, its history, and its present state—as well as the effect federal legislation has on farming practices, the environment, and our diet, in a thoroughly readable primer on the politics of food in America.
In January 2014, for the first time in the history of federal farm legislation going back to the Great Depression, all four members of the US House of Representatives from Kansas voted against the Farm Bill, despite pleas by the states agricultural leaders to support it. Why? The story of the Agricultural Act of 2014, as it unfolds in Framing the Farm Bill, has much to tell us about the complex nature of farm legislation, food policy, and partisan politics in present-day America.
Framing the Farm Bill is an enlightening look at federal agricultural policy—its workings, its history, and its present state—as well as the effect federal legislation has on farming practices, the environment, and our diet, in a thoroughly readable primer on the politics of food in America.
Christopher Bosso is professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University. His books include Environment, Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway, also from Kansas, and Pesticides and Politics: The Life Cycle of a Public Issue.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.03.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 6 maps, 12 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Kansas |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7006-2419-8 / 0700624198 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7006-2419-5 / 9780700624195 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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