Political Animals: Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States

by Robert Garner

Overview

In this thorough, yet accessible, book, Robert Garner explores the character of animal protection policy making in Britain and the United States and the opportunities open to animal protection movements. In showing how the political system in both countries has been responsive to the growing demands for reforms in the way animals are treated, he argues that there is a viable reformist strategy for the animal protection movement short of the adoption of animal rights objectives. Much less protection is afforded to animals in the United States, however, largely as a consequence of the particular policy networks within which animal welfare decisions are made.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333730003
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/30/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Garner is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Tables Introduction The Institutional Framework of Animal Protection The Economics and Politics of Animal Exploitation The Animal Protection Movement: Recruitment, Ideology and Strategy Lobbying for Animals Parliament and Animal Protection American Legislators and Animal Protection The Politics of Farm Animal Welfare in the United States The Politics of Farm Animal Welfare in Britain The Politics of Animal Research in Britain The Politics of Animal Research in the United States Conclusion: Animal Protection and Pluralist Politics Index