Failure of National Rural Policy - Institutions and Interests

Informationen zum Autor William P. Browne is professor of political science at Central MichiganUniversity. His many books include Cultivating Congress: Constituents, Issues, and Interests in Agricultural Policymaking (University Press of Kansas, 1995), Groups, Interests, and U.S. Public Policy (Georgetown University Press, 1998). Klappentext Blends history, politics, and economics to show that federal government emphasis on farm productivity has failed to meet broader rural needs and actually has increased rural poverty. Zusammenfassung Modern farm policy emerged in the United States in 1862! leading to an industrialized agriculture that made the farm sector collectively more successful even as many individual farmers failed. This title blends history! politics! and economics to show that federal government emphasis on farm productivity has failed to meet broader rural needs.

Product details

• Authors: William P Browne, William P. Browne, William Paul Browne, Browne William P.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2001
• EAN: 9780878408580
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-858-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Planung des ländlichen Raums, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning, Rural communities / rural life