Rural Failure: The Linkage Between Policy and Lobbies |
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| Authors: | William P Browne |
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| Institution: | professor of political science at Central Michigan University. He is immediate past president of the Policy Studies Organization and is a widely acclaimed student of agricultural policy processes. |
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| Abstract: | The failure of a national rural policy is a complex phenomenon. Suffice to say that such policy never emerged, despite frequent appearances on the presidential agenda. This analysis looks beyond institutional inertia and examines the reasons why no sustained rural lobby was ever created independent of farm interests. The circular explanation finds (hat lobbies fail to develop in the absence of a supportive base on which to place their demands for change. |
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