Farm Policy: The Politics of Soil, Surpluses and Subsidies. By Nancy A. Blanpied. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1984. Pp. ix + 179. $9.95, paper.) - Made in Washington: Food Policy and the Political Expedient. By Clarence D. Palmby. (Danville, IL: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, 1985. Pp. xi + 226. $14.95.) - Alternative Agriculture and Food Policies and the

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Farm Policy: The Politics of Soil, Surpluses and Subsidies. By Nancy A. Blanpied. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1984. Pp. ix + 179. $9.95, paper.) - Made in Washington: Food Policy and the Political Expedient. By Clarence D. Palmby. (Danville, IL: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, 1985. Pp. xi + 226. $14.95.) - Alternative Agriculture and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill. Edited by Gordon C. Rausser and Kenneth R. Farrell. (Berkeley: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California—Berkeley and the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, 1984. Pp. xix + 425. $18.00.) - U.S. Agricultural Policy: The 1985 Farm Legislation. Edited by Bruce L. Gardner. (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1985. Pp. viii + 385. $12.95, paper.) - Volume 80 Issue 4