{"product_id":"the-politics-of-agricultural-policy-making-grace-skogstad-9781487585303","title":"The Politics of Agricultural Policy-Making in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgriculture has historically been a critical and sensitive area in the Canadian economy. Grace Skogstad presents a detailed study of how agricultural policy has been made in recent years at the federal provincial levels. Three initiatives serve as the focus: income stabilization - a sphere in which the two levels share jurisdiction and responsibility; marketing of commodities - in which federal and provincial governments designate a national agency and provincial boards to act as their agents and the transportation of western grain - a federal responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe transportation of western grain, traditionally subsided through the mechanism of the Crow's Nest rates, has been the cause of frequent controversy in Canadian politics. Skogstad provides an in-depth analysis of the long and painful process of 'revising the Crow' that preoccupied so many politicians and farmers through much of the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her three case studies emerges a well-defined analysis of the processes of policy-making and roles of the various participants. Skogstad illustrates the origins of federal-provincial as well as interprovincial disagreements. She considers the incentives which can lead governmental units toward a co-operative solution to their differences, and questions whether federalism has contributed the problem of framing a coherent agricultural policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Skogstad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487585306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487585303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Grace Skogstad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652276875519,"sku":"9781487585303","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5706d0f-2733-496b-966e-21982d56f59e.jpg?v=1704215348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-agricultural-policy-making-grace-skogstad-9781487585303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}