Internationalization and Canadian Agriculture: Policy and Governing Paradigms / Edition 2

by Grace Skogstad

Overview

Examines the patterns of continuity and change in Canadian agricultural policy making in important areas like farm income support programs, prairie grain marketing, supply management, animal and food product safety, and the regulation of genetically modified crops and foods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802098801
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date:	09/06/2008
Series:	Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.05(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Grace Skogstad is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xi

1 Introduction: Internationalization and Canadian Agriculture: Policy and Governing Paradigms 3

2 The State Assistance Paradigm and Canadian Agriculture: Construction and Destabilization 43

3 Farm Income Safety Nets and Risk Management 71

4 The Canadian Wheat Board and Orderly Marketing 107

5 Supply Management: Resisting Internationalization and Adjusting Policy Instruments 141

6 Regulating Food and Animal Product Safety 179

7 Regulating the Risks of Genetically Modified Crops and Foods 209

8 Conclusion: Paradigm Adjustment and Canadian Agriculture and Food 241

Appendices 261

Notes 267

References 321

Index 365