Description
In this thorough, yet accessible, book, Robert Garner explores the character of animal protection policy making in Britain and the United States and the opportunities open to animal protection movements. In showing how the political system in both countries has been responsive to the growing demands for reforms in the way animals are treated, he argues that there is a viable reformist strategy for the animal protection movement short of the adoption of animal rights objectives. Much less protection is afforded to animals in the United States, however, largely as a consequence of the particular policy networks within which animal welfare decisions are made.
About the Author
Robert Garner is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester.
Reviews
'A must read for anybody interested in the animal rights movement. Political Animals tells a compelling story and convincingly explains why animals are afforded more protection in Britain than the United States.' - Adele Douglass, Director, Washington DC Office, American Humane Association 'The treatment of animals has become a central public policy issue in many western countries. In this valuable comparative study Robert Garner builds on his earlier pioneering work in the area.' - Wyn Grant, Professor of Politics, University of Warwick 'Robert Garner deals brilliantly with an important and previously neglected subject for political science - the extraordinary popularity and significance of the animal protection movement and its growing effect upon public policy. Politicians frequently report that they receive more letters on this subject than on any other. Garner provides an avalanche of facts and figures to make his case that this is a field which deserves considerable further study. Indeed his book will prove an able defence against those who argue that political scientists, no less than the politicians themselves, can become out of touch with new and defining movements.' - Richard D. Ryder, Director of Animal Welfare Studies for the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) '...fills a major gap in animal protection scholarship.' - Andrew N. Rowan, Anthrozoos
Book Information
ISBN 9780333730003
Author Robert Garner
Format Paperback
Page Count 286
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
About the Author
Robert Garner is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester.
Reviews
'A must read for anybody interested in the animal rights movement. Political Animals tells a compelling story and convincingly explains why animals are afforded more protection in Britain than the United States.' - Adele Douglass, Director, Washington DC Office, American Humane Association 'The treatment of animals has become a central public policy issue in many western countries. In this valuable comparative study Robert Garner builds on his earlier pioneering work in the area.' - Wyn Grant, Professor of Politics, University of Warwick 'Robert Garner deals brilliantly with an important and previously neglected subject for political science - the extraordinary popularity and significance of the animal protection movement and its growing effect upon public policy. Politicians frequently report that they receive more letters on this subject than on any other. Garner provides an avalanche of facts and figures to make his case that this is a field which deserves considerable further study. Indeed his book will prove an able defence against those who argue that political scientists, no less than the politicians themselves, can become out of touch with new and defining movements.' - Richard D. Ryder, Director of Animal Welfare Studies for the International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) '...fills a major gap in animal protection scholarship.' - Andrew N. Rowan, Anthrozoos
Book Information
ISBN 9780333730003
Author Robert Garner
Format Paperback
Page Count 286
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
