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In his careful scholarly way, [Magnan] paints a picture of a large government bureaucracy that re-invents itself at crucial points, responding to changes in global political-economy while keeping the interests of Canadian farmers front-and-centre. In the age of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, Magnan's subtle, indirect-and so convincing and authoritative-defense of the role of government in a market economy may be this book's most important legacy. -- James Murton, Associate Professor of History at Nipissing University NICHE

This book provides one of the better overviews of the last 30 years of grain marketing policy on the Canadian prairies and highlights how these domestic policies were the result of not just internal social changes, but were also affected by the place of Canadian grain in the international market ... Magnan makes a strong case that prairie agricultural policy cannot be understood in isolation from the market the prairies served. -- Laura Larsen, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan Great Plains Research In his careful scholarly way, [Magnan] paints a picture of a large government bureaucracy that re-invents itself at crucial points, responding to changes in global political-economy while keeping the interests of Canadian farmers front-and-centre. In the age of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, Magnan's subtle, indirect-and so convincing and authoritative-defense of the role of government in a market economy may be this book's most important legacy. -- James Murton, Associate Professor of History at Nipissing University NICHE

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André Magnan is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. His research examines the political economy of regional and global food systems, focusing on the history of politics of grain marketing, the financialization of agriculture, and changing patterns of farm ownership and control.

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