Resultaten voor 'clare r brock'

1. Clare R. Brock

Farmed Out

Brock leverages insights from agricultural and food policy domains to paint a compelling picture of members of Congress as isolated, reelection-obsessed free agents dependent on lobbyists for information and coalition-building. Members also lack institutional support, suggesting that our image of Congress as the world's most well-resourced and independent legislative body needs reconsideration. In Brock's assessment, the core functions of Congress are shaped by groups and companies with the deepest pockets and whose priorities may not align with the majority of Americans as voters or consumers. Farmed Out makes important contributions to our understanding of how interest groups operate within a context of heightened partisanship and poor institutional capacity. Who governs? One wonders.