Agricultural Policy In Europe

This study provides a unique comparative analysis of the UK, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland, using up-to-date material on Common Agricultur... » 

This study provides a unique comparative analysis of the UK, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland, using up-to-date material on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, world trade liberalisation and the environment.In its core argument that Europe has a CAP in name only, the study offers a distinctive interpretation of contemporary policies for agriculture and rural development. Despite the existence of the CAP, substantial policy variations reflect different national economies, cultures, priorities ans interests, usually mediated through different types of policy networks. Far from greater policy integration, the pressures for diversity have increased in recent years, notably through world trade liberalisation, environmental concern and EU enlargement. «