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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783990203321

Autore

Winter Michael

Titolo

Rural politics : policies for agriculture, forestry and the environment / / Michael Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-89204-7

0-585-46502-9

0-203-41853-0

1-280-03628-1

9786610036288

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 341 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

307.1/412/0941

Soggetti

Rural development - Government policy - Great Britain

Agriculture and state - Great Britain

Agriculture and state - Environmental aspects - Great Britain

Forest policy - Great Britain

Environmental policy - Great Britain

Great Britain Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1994 by Routledge ... London"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE POLICY PROCESS; THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION; THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURAL CORPORATISM; THE STATE AND THE FARMER Post-War Farm Policy; THE CRISIS OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; THE ORIGINS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN; PROTECTING LANDSCAPES, HABITATS AND WILDLIFE; THE GREENING OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; FARMING'S RICH RELATION Forestry Policy and Politics; CONCLUSIONS Emerging Themes in Rural Policy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside, both in terms of major land use and economic and social development.