The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France, and Japan

by Adam D. Sheingate

Book Overview

A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, Adam Sheingate traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. His considered conclusion is that American institutions have not given agricultural interest groups any particular advantages in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069100983X
• ISBN13: 9780691009834
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"