政策与政治

政策科学作为政治科学的一门新兴学科,与政治的关系密切。政治是政策的环境基础,政策的发展离不开政治进步。政策的进步,取决于政治环境和政治科学的整体进步。当政治成为辩论平台时,政策就会成为人们争议的焦点。     

The politics of agricultural abundance

Agriculture should be viewed not as an industry but rather as a set of sectors organized around region, commodity, and institution. As such, agriculture adjusts well to a situation of “abundance” (excess supplies of major commodities). Although these sector interests are often referred to as “special interests,” they have effectively used public policy to generate agricultural development, and will continue to have a developmental impulse. Sector interests will, therefore, resist most proposals based on macrosystem perspectives which would reduce government support for agricultural development. These sectors will continue to be quite influential in deciding agricultural policy, though they will find it possible to adjust not only to “abundance” in the market place, but also to such political constraints as may be imposed in pursuit of such goals as consumer health, soil conservation, and environmental preservation.