| Agricultural Policy in Europe Contributor(s): Greer, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 071906029X ISBN-13: 9780719060298 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This book provides a stimulating account of agricultural policy which goes beyond a narrow concern with the mechanisms and operation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and instead constructs a broader canvas, developing an assessment of the relationship between national, international and supranational institutions and actors in the agricultural sector. Among the theses covered by the book are: the different national policy styles across Europe in this sector; the evolution of the CAP; safety and regulation, the environment, and technological developments in food production such as genetic engineering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
| Dewey: 338.184 |
| LCCN: 2005298760 |
| Series: European Policy Research Unit |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.5" W x 9.48" (1.24 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With continuing controversy about the future direction and powers of the EU, this groundbreaking book is essential reading for all those interested in European politics and public policy. Based on a comparative analysis of the UK, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland, it argues that Europe has a Common Agricultural Policy in name only. Not only is policy more diverse than usually recognised, it also varies across different policy stages such as agenda-setting and implementation. Using up-to-date material on CAP reform, world trade liberalisation, animal disease, rural development and the environment, the book shows that this policy diversity is the result of a multilevel process in which global, regional and local actors play a key role alongside the EU. However nation states are central, and substantial policy variations reflect different national interests. Far from greater integration, the pressures for diversity have increased in recent years, notably through world trade liberalisation environmental concern and EU enlargement. |