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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786424403321

Autore

Ackrill Robert

Titolo

The common agricultural policy / / Robert Ackrill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

0-567-34437-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Contemporary European studies ; ; 9

Disciplina

338.1/84

Soggetti

Agriculture and state - European Union countries

Agriculture - Economic aspects - European Union countries

European Union countries Politics and government

European Union countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The Background to Government Involvement in Farming: The What, Why and How of Agricultural Support Policies in Europe; Introduction to Chapters 2-5; 2. The Development of the CAP: Decisions on Prices, Indecision on Reform; 3. The Pressures for Reform of the CAP; 4. New Century, Old CAP?; 5. Understanding the Process of CAP Reform; 6. An Assessment of the CAP: From Article 39 to Agenda 2000; Bibliography and Further Reading; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L

MN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The CAP has traditionally been at the core of the European Communities and even now consumes half of the European Union''s budget. This book emphasizes the long-term link between the CAP and the budget. It examines the aims of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the Treaty of Rome and discusses to what extent they have been achieved and whether they are relevant to the 21st century. The factors that have shaped the 1992 and 1999 CAP reforms are outlined, with the latter, in particular, demonstrating the budget''s effect on CAP and CAP reforms. The internationalization of CAP with cons