Ecological Modernization and the US Farm Bill: The Case of the Conservation Security Program

Autor/inn/en	Lenihan, Martin H.; Brasier, Kathryn J.
Titel	Ecological Modernization and the US Farm Bill: The Case of the Conservation Security Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 26 (2010) 3, S.219-227 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.12.004
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Natural Resources; Social Action; Discourse Analysis; Federal Legislation; Policy Formation; Policy Analysis; Rural Environment; Rural Population; Rural Economics; Economic Factors; Agricultural Production; Agribusiness; Local Issues; Conservation (Environment); Ecological Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Soziales Handeln; Diskursanalyse; Bundesrecht; Politische Betätigung; Politikfeldanalyse; Ländliches Milieu; Landbevölkerung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Agrarindustrie; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ökologischer Ansatz
Abstract	This paper examines the debate surrounding the inception of the Conservation Security Program (CSP) under the 2002 US Farm Bill as a possible expression of ecological modernization by examining the discursive contributions made by official actors, social movement organizations, and producer organizations. Based on this analysis, the CSP embodies different expectations in terms of ecological modernization. Social movement actors view the program as a pragmatic solution to environmental problems created by productivist agriculture. Official actors and farm lobby representatives argue that the program should serve to create the pre-conditions for the eventual commodification of the natural resource benefits resulting from agricultural activity. These divergent discourses create multiple expectations of policies--reflecting both traditional productivist and post-productivist regimes. Using an ecological modernization framework allows us to see both the commonalities and differences in these approaches, and provides insight into the ways in which discourses surrounding global agri-environmental policies might play out in states' different political, social, economic, and ecological contexts. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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