DOCUMENT RESUME ED 392 897 CF 071 001 AUTHOR Halbrook, Steve A., Ed.; Merry, Carroll E., Ed. TITLE Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, 1995. INSTITUTION Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, IL. PUB DATE Jan 96 NOTE 208p.; Papers presented at the National Public Policy Education Conference (45th, Overland Park, KS, September 24-27, 1995). For the 1994 version, see ED 386 32. PUB TYPE Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120) Speeches/Conference Papers (150) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Abstracts; Adult Education; Agribusiness; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Occupations; *Agriculture; Citizen Participation; Conservation (Environment); Consumer Protection; Employment Patterns; Environmental Standards; *Extension Education; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Financial Support; Food Standards; Futures (of Society) ;Government Role; *Industrialization; National Programs; *Policy Formation; *Public Affairs Education; *Public Policy; Rural Areas; Rural Extension; Social Change IDENTIFIERS Kansas; Proposed Legislation; *Sustainable Agriculture ABSTRACT This document contains abstracts and the complete texts of 19 papers that were presented at a conference held to improve the policy education efforts of extension workers responsible for public affairs programs. The following papers are included: "Microwave Society and Crock-Pot Government" (Bill Graves); "Citizen Participation, Social Capital and Social Learning in the United States, 1960-1995" (Carmen Sirianni); "Citizen Involvement--Federal Level" (Sam Brownback); "Citizen Involvement in Public Policy Formation from the Perspective of a Rural Kansas Senatorial District" (Janis Lee); "Johnson County Citizens Are Involved with Local Government" (Johnna Lingle); "The Past and Future: Social Cnntract, Social Policy, and Social Capital" (Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora); "Asset-Based Alternatives in Social Policy" (Michael Sherraden, Deborah Page-Adams); "Application Opportunities in Public Issues Education" (Alan J. Hahn); "National Policy Trends: Implications for Resource Conservation" (Jeffrey A. Zinn); "Civic EnVironmentalism and National Environmental Policy: Reform or Rollback?" (DeWitt John) ;"Whose Land Is It Anyway? Endangered Species, Private Property, and the Fight for the Environment" (Jon H. Goldstein); "Consumer Perceptions of Risk: Implications for Food Safety Policy" (Margy Woodburn); "Economic Issues Associated with Food Safety" (Stephen R. Crutchfield); "1995 Farm Bill; Will We Decouple?" (Barry L. Flinchbaugh); "1995 Farm Bill" (Ronald D. Knutson); "Industrialization of Agriculture: What Are the Policy Implications?" (Michael Boehlje); "Sustainability: Observations, Expectations and Policy Implications" (Dana L. Hoag, Melvin D. Skold); "Understanding the Changing Structure of American Agriculture" (Don Paarlberg); and "Understanding the Changing Structure of American Agriculture" (Harold F. Breimyer) .Also included are lists of the conference's invited poster/display session topics and conference participants. Some papers contain substantial biblio raphies. (MN) ......... Farm Foundation 00 ("NI C7 en (:) Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies U"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Off of Ed..cabona: Roseacm and, 1,,,,,,,,, E CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER 4ERICI This document has been reproducedas received from the person or organization originating II 1995 THIS 0 Minor changes have beenmade lo "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE improve reproduction quality MATERIAL HAS BEENGRANTED BY Points of view or opinions statedin this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position Or policy TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).- RENEGOTIATING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRENDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE USE FOOD SAFETY POLICY 1995 FARM BILL UPDATE SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: CONFLICTING OR COMPLEMENTARY BEST COPY gAILABLE cS-) Subjects Discussed at Previous Conferences 1979 Controlling Inflation: Alternative Approaches, Impacts and Implications0 Policy Legislative Process 1980Dispersed vs. Concentrated AgricultureEthics of Public PolicyProduc- tivityRural TransportationEnergy Policy IssuesPolicy Issues and Educational Approaches 1981Government Programs and Individual Decisions9 Public Support of Research and ExtensionAgriculture in the 1980sMethodology of Pub- lic Policy Education 1982Domestic Economic Policy Federal Government Role in Resource Man- agementTrade PolicyFinancing Government Under llght Budgets Food Policy 1983Economic Transition Land Ownership Issues and Policy Education Approaches The U.S. Food and Agricultural System in the International SettingThe Policy Education Process 1984Federal DeficitProviding Public Services in an Era of Declining Taxpay- er Support Water PolicyDistribution Issues in Food & Agricultural Pol- icyMethodology Workshops * Emerging Policies of Food & Agriculture 1985The Changing Face of AmericaThe Changing Face of Agrict.,:, lireSta- tus of 1985 Agricultural and Food Legislation Tax Policy Revision Developing Policy Education Programs on Controversial Issues 1986Balancing the Federal Budget * Effects of Agriculture and TradePolicies on the Competitiveness of U.S. AgricultureHuman Stress and Adjust- ment in Agriculture The Food Security Act of 1985 and Public PolicyEdu- cation for the Future 1987Socioeconomics of Rural AmericaRural RevitalizationU.S. Agriculture in the Internatinnql ArenaRole of Values, Beliefs and Myths in Estab- lishing PolicyPolicy Education and the Policy Process 1988Policy Choices for Revitalizing Rural AmericaPriority Issues for a New Farm BillOpportunities for Joint Public Policy EducationEmerging Issues in Agricultural and Food PolicyEmerging Resource IssuesInter- national Agricultural Relations 1989The Global Environment for the U.S. Economy in the 1990sFamily Pol- icyRural Development PolicyPublic Policy Education 0 Water Quality Policy 1990An Evolving Public Policy EducationSafe Food and Water: Risks and TradeoffsBalancing Environmental and Social Concerns with Economic Interests in AgricultureStructural Change in Food Industries and Pub- lic Policy IssuesToward a New Europe 1991Global Competitiveness, Productivity and Social ImpactsPublic Policy Education MethodsPolicy for Environment and Economic Development Rural Resource Development and Work Force ProductivityPolitical Economy of the Dysfunctional Family 1992Public Policy Education in the 1990s Agriculture and EnvironmentalPol- icymaking: Issues, Actors, StrategiesThe Rural Social Infrastructure Domestic Consequences of Evolving International Trade Policy 1993The Status of Agriculture and Rural America An Evolving PublicPolicy Education Health Care Reform Public Issues Education and the NPPEC Environmental Policy: The Legislative and RegulatoryAgenda 1994Ethical Perspectives in Public Policy EducationTransition of Food and Agricultural l'olicy Building Human CapitalReforming Education Environmental PoliciesLocal Impacts of Trade PolicyFinancing K-12 EducationSustainable Rural Policy 3 znIMMIiIMUY Farm Foundation Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies 1995 CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT RENEGOTIATING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRENDS. IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE USE FOOD SAFETY POLICY 1995 FARM BILL UPDATE SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: CONFLICTING OR COMPLEMENTARY 4 . Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies-1995 Editors: Steve A. Holbrook and Carroll E. Merry Proofreaders: Toni Purves and Sandy Young Farm Foundation. Oak Brook. Illinois January. 1996 II NATIONAL PUBLIC POIACY EDUCATION COMMITTEE JAMES L. APP, Assistant Dean of Extension, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida WALTER J. ARMBRUSTER, Managing Director, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois ELIZABETH B. BOLTON, Professor, Leadership Development and Adult Edu- cation, Home Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida ADELL BROWN, JR., Assistant Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana JUDITH A. BURRIDGE, Staff Chair, Oregon State University ExtensionLion County, Albany, Oregon RODNEY L. CLOUSER, Professor, Public Policy, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida GERALD L. COLE, Professor and Chair, Food and Resource Economics Depart- rnent, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware LEON E. DANIELSON, Professor and Extension Economist, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleig.h, North Carolina JOHN C. DUNMORE, Acting Administrator, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC STEVE A. HALBROOK. Associate Managing Director, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois MARVIN E. KONYHA, Acting Deputy Administrator, RESD, CSREES, USDA Washington, D.C. LUANE J. LANGE, Public Policy Education Specialist, Cooperative Extension System, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut ALLAN E. LINES, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, Ohio State University., Columbus, Ohio BENNY L. LOCKETT, Interim Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas III NEIL L. MEYER, Extension Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Soci- ology Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho IRVIN W. SKELTON, Acting Director, Cooperative Extension Service, Univer- sity of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska GEORGIA L. STEVENS, Family Economics