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

Garner, Robert
ISBN-10: 0333615816
ISBN-13: 9780333615812

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With Political Animals, Robert Garner explores the character of animal protection policy making in Britain and the United States, and examines the opportunities open to animal protection groups.
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Animal protection and mainstream public policy
Pluralism, policy networks and animal protection
A guide to the chapters
Pluralism, animal protection and research methodology
The Institutional Framework of Animal Protection
Legislative support for animal protection
Sectorization and the structure of animal protection decision-making
Institutional structures and animal protection in Britain
Institutional structures and animal protection in the United States
The Economics and Politics of Animal Exploitation
The political economy of wildlife and animal entertainment
The economic structure of intensive agriculture
The animal research community
The political organization of the animal-use lobby
The Animal Protection Movement: Recruitment, Ideology and Strategy
Mancur Olson and membership recruitment
Rational choice and human interests
Group maintenance and the role of the entrepreneur
Animal rights and solidaristic collectivism--A post-Olsonian agenda
Animal rights and the 'new welfarism'
Lobbying for Animals
The development of the modern animal protection movement
Key political actors
Financial resources and political influence
Organizational alliances and policy sectorization
Parliament and Animal Protection
Parliament's limited role
Parliament and hunting
Legislation, scrutiny and agenda setting
The extent of animal advocacy in parliament
Profile of animal advocates in the House
American Legislators and Animal Protection
The scope of Congressional support
Conclusion
The Politics of Farm Animal Welfare in the United States
Historical origins and development of the agricultural policy community
Congressional committees and farm animal welfare
Congress, USDA and farm animals
A brighter future for farm animal welfare?
The Politics of Farm Animal Welfare in Britain
The challenge of animal welfare
A damage limitation exercise?
A genuine attempt to balance interests?
A policy community under siege
The Politics of Animal Research in Britain
Origins of the animal research policy network
Littlewood to Mellor
1986 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
Ten Years on--have the animals benefited?
The three Rs
Enforcement
The Politics of Animal Research in the United States
Public pressure and Congressional action
Laboratory Animal Welfare Act 1966
Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act 1985
Pet Theft Act 1990
What has Congress achieved?
Executive agencies and animal testing
The issue network and regulatory obstruction
Enforcement failures
Conclusion: Animal Protection and Pluralist Politics
The degree of policy sectorization
Power structures within networks
The relationship between structure and outcome
Explaining change
Database Design
Questionnaire Design
Notes
Bibliography
Index


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Edition: 1998
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 275
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.66" long
Weight: 1.08 lbs.
Language: English

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