Politicizing Farm Animal Welfare: A Comparative Study of Policy Change in the United States of America

Farm animal welfare is becoming a subject of politicization strategies. The conflicting policy preferences are pronounced in the United States, with its large and highly intensified livestock sector. The lack of federal farm animal welfare regulations shifted politicization strategies of animal welf...

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Published in:Journal of comparative policy analysis 2021-11, Vol.23 (5-6), p.526-543
Main Author: Vogeler, Colette S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal welfare
Animals
Comparative studies
environmental policy
farm animal welfare
Farms
Food production
Legislation
Livestock
Livestock industry
policy change
Policy making
Political parties
Politicization
Regulation
sustainable agriculture
US agricultural policy
Welfare
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Summary:Farm animal welfare is becoming a subject of politicization strategies. The conflicting policy preferences are pronounced in the United States, with its large and highly intensified livestock sector. The lack of federal farm animal welfare regulations shifted politicization strategies of animal welfare advocates to the state level. By 2019 12 states had already passed legislation to protect animals in food production. This comparative study reveals that policy changes were initiated by new actor constellations entering the agricultural subsystem and were particularly successful when the institutional opportunity of public ballots existed. The role of political parties seems to be limited however.
ISSN:1387-6988
1572-5448
DOI:10.1080/13876988.2020.1742069