Cultivating Congress: Constituents, Issues, and Interests in Agricultural Policymaking

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University Press of Kansas, 1995 - Political Science - 295 pages
The American Congress, in the mid-1990s, remains the object of voter discontent. Public outcries against special interests and unresponsive incumbents have amplified an already pervasive scepticism towards Beltway politics. The book covers policy towards agricultural issues in particular.

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Contents

The Politics of a Postreform Era
1
Agriculture as a Policy Domain
22
Members Issues and Policy Vehicles
40
The Politics of Places
63
District Effects
88
Who Listens to Whom
109
The Politics of Institutions
131
The New Committees?
161
Change and Stability in Agricultural Policy
186
Understanding the Dynamics of Congressional Networking
206
Appendix
223
Likelihood of Congressional District Characteristics Predicting
239
Notes
247
Index
289
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