{"product_id":"the-politics-of-agricultural-policy-making-in-canada-paperback-softback-9781487585303","title":"The Politics of Agricultural Policy-making in Canada (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487585303","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Agricultural Policy-making in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGrace Skogstad (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487585303\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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 \u003cp\u003eThe transportation of western grain, traditionally subsided through the mechanism of the Crow\u0026amp;#x2019;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 \u0026amp;#x2018;revising the Crow\u0026amp;#x2019; that preoccupied so many politicians and farmers through much of the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/p\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599842636056,"sku":"9781487585303","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-agricultural-policy-making-in-canada-paperback-softback-9781487585303","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}