| Description |
viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What's going on in Kansas? -- The food system: or, why governments don't leave agriculture to the marketplace -- History is not bunk: how farm bills past shape farm bills present -- Whatever it takes: farmers, foodstamps, and coalitions of convenience -- "Stop the spending": budget politics and the "secret" farm bills -- Building a pathway to sixty: the senate moves first -- We're on the road to nowhere -- SNAP -- In conference - What just happened here? Finding meaning in the politics of the farm bill. |
| Summary |
This book 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. It is the best treatment to date about how a policy area that once exemplified logrolling and deal-making confronted the contemporary realities of partisan gridlock, ideological extremism, and institutional dysfunction. Christopher Bosso succeeds in turning a classic beltway struggle into a lively account that helps the reader understand the government programs and political battles that shape how and what we eat. |
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United States. Agricultural Act of 2014.
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Agricultural Act of 2014 (United States) (OCoLC)fst01937721
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Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States.
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Farm law -- United States.
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Agricultural laws and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00801020
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Farm law. (OCoLC)fst00921049
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9780700624201 paperback alkaline paper |
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0700624201 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780700624195 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0700624198 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780700624218 electronic book |
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070062421X electronic book |
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