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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. ¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
