Western Neoliberalism: Neoliberal Rhetoric in the Battle between Old West and New West

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Greg LeDonne—winner of Montana The Magazine of Western History’s 2021 emerging scholar contest—reviews how the Owyhee Cattlemen’s Association, a group of Idaho ranchers, employed neoliberal rhetoric in advocating for their use of public lands around and during the Rangeland Reform ’94 debate. LeDonne focuses on the way in which a national discourse filtered down to the community level and became adapted to reflect local needs and economic interests.