Between soil and society : legislative history and political development of farm bill conservation policy / Jonathan Coppess.

Between soil and society : legislative history and political development of farm bill conservation policy / Jonathan Coppess.

9781496238597 (PDF)
1496238591 (PDF)
9781496238580 (ePub)
1496238583 (ePub)
9781496225146 (hardback)

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

English

1 online resource (x, 342 pages.)

KF1681 .C67 2024

NAT011000 HIS036060

343.7307/6

""Between Soil and Society" traces the history and development of conservation policy, especially as it compares to and interacts with the development of farm policy"-- Provided by publisher.
"The United States spends approximately $5 billion each year on federal programs designed to conserve natural resources and address the environmental consequences of modern agricultural production. Like farm policy, agricultural conservation policy is rooted in the Roosevelt administration's New Deal efforts of the 1930s. Farm conservation policy has waxed and waned since then, related to fluctuating economic and environmental concerns. In Between Soil and Society Jonathan Coppess traces the history and development of U.S. conservation policy, especially as it compares to and interacts with the development of farm policy. By answering questions about the differences in political support and development for these similar policy regimes, with efforts to apply legal and political theory to understand the differences, Coppess considers the implications of climate change and lessons for future policy development. One of the few books to make sense of the legal and economic analysis of agricultural conservation policy, Between Soil and Society provides a window into larger issues of American politics, governance, and policy development. "-- Provided by publisher.

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