The Common Agricultural Policy

by Ritson, Christopher; Harvey, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780851989884
• ISBN10: 0851989888
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-18
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

The first edition of this book, published in 1991 with the title 'The Common Agricultural Policy and the World Economy', was well received as a timely analysis of this fast-moving but important subject. However, several major developments, such as general CAP reform, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), expansion of the European Union, and relationships with Eastern Europe, have made a new edition essential. The book has been thoroughly updated, with some completely new chapters added and others replaced. It has also been rewritten with a greater emphasis on the needs of students for a well-integrated, comprehensive textbook.

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(2)
PREFACE	ix
1. Introduction	1	(10)
Christopher Ritson
PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CAP	11	(104)
2. The History and Development of the CAP, 1945-1990	11	(46)
Andrew Fearne
3. The CAP Decision-making Process	57	(24)
Alan Swinbank
4. Reform of the CAP: from Mansholt to Mac Sharry	81	(14)
Lionel Hubbard
Christopher Ritson
5. The New CAP	95	(20)
Alan Swinbank
PART II: MECHANISMS AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAP	115	(112)
6. Europe's Green Money	115	(24)
Christopher Ritson
Alan Swinbank
7. Some Microeconomic Analysis of CAP Market Regimes	139	(24)
Allan Buckwell
8. Extensions and Political Analysis of the CAP	163	(28)
David Harvey
9. The CAP and Technological Change	191	(36)
Arie Oskam
Spiro Stefanou
PART III: THE CAP AND THE EUROPEAN UNION	227	(80)
10. The CAP and the Farmer	227	(14)
Michael Keane
Denis Lucey
11. The CAP and the Consumer	241	(24)
Christopher Ritson
12. The CAP and the Food Industry	265	(20)
Simon Harris
Alan Swinbank
13. The CAP and the European Environment	285	(22)
Philip Lowe
Martin Whitby
PART IV: THE CAP AND THE WORLD	307	(102)
14. The CAP and Central and Eastern Europe	307	(36)
Allan Buckwell
Stefan Tangermann
15. The CAP and the Developing World	343	(16)
John Lingard
Lionel Hubbard
16. The CAP and North America	359	(18)
Tim Josling
17. The GATT, the WTO and the CAP	377	(32)
David Harvey
PART V: THE CAP AND THE FUTURE	409	(26)
18. The CAP in the 21st Century	409	(26)
David Harvey
INDEX	435