The polítical economy of the emergent agri-environmental transition in the U.S.

Vol. 19 No. 3 (1999)

Jul-Sep / 1999
Published July 1, 1999
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How to Cite

Veiga, José Eli da. 1999. “The polítical Economy of the Emergent Agri-Environmental Transition in the U.S.”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 19 (3):517-35. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571999-1052.

The polítical economy of the emergent agri-environmental transition in the U.S.

José Eli da Veiga
Professor at the Departamento de Economia da Universidade de São Paulo (IE/USP) and at the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Ambiental da Universidade de São Paulo - PROCAM/USP, São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 19 No. 3 (1999), Jul-Sep / 1999, Pages 517-535

Abstract

This article is an assessment of the latest 20th Century American farm bill [the
Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996] in the context of the
current agri-environmental transition. The arguments are organized as answers to four basic
questions: (1) What is the emergent agri-environmental transition? (2) How is it manifesting
itself in the US? (3) Why is the 1996 farm bill so important? (4) What are its key provisions?

JEL Classification: Q11; Q20; N52.


Keywords: Agriculture sustainability legislation