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OverviewMost of the recent written material on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is about the details of the day - for example, the views of interested parties on the way milk quotas should be removed or the consequences for the EU of different proposals from opposing camps in the international trade negotiations. Surprising little is available which attempts to increase understanding of why the policies are as they are, how they attempt to tackle the underlying problems faced in the European Union and the degree of success they achieve, and the prospects for change. In short, there are few attempts to place the CAP within the conceptual framework of the 'policy process', aimed at students and others concerned with agriculture, the countryside, rural areas and related subjects. Yet knowledge of this process and how it can be applied is precisely the sort of material which students require to gain good understanding of the CAP. The details of agricultural and rural policies have changed and will change many times, and the number of Member States may increase further; yet the principles of policy analysis as applied to the CAP will endure and be of use as details evolve. These principles are the main focus of this book. The authors use economics as the main toolkit, as fairly simple economics holds the key to understanding many of the fundamental pressures to which agriculture, environmental issues and rural areas are subject. However, to explain the CAP they acknowledge the importance of the political and administrative environment in which CAP decisions to allocate public funds are made. Thus political economy, especially theory of public choice and the behavior of bureaucratic organizations, is also drawn upon. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Berkeley Hill (Imperial College, University of London, UK) , Sophia DavidovaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Earthscan Ltd Weight: 0.810kg ISBN: 9781844077779ISBN 10: 1844077772 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 21 November 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Understanding the Policy Process: What is Policy? 2. Understanding the Agricultural Problems and Policy Objectives of the European Union 3. Understanding the Policy Decision-Making Process in the European Union 4. Evidence-Based Policy: Information and Statistics for Policy Decisions 5. Understanding the Mechanisms used to Implement the CAP 6. Understanding the Support of Agriculture in the EU: Pillar 1 of the CAP (Direct Payments and Market Support) 7. Understanding the Support of Agriculture and Rural Development in the EU: Pillar 2 of the CAP 8. Understanding CAP and the Environment: The Environmental Part of Pillar 2 9. The European Union and Agricultural Trade and Development 10. Understanding the Costs of the CAP: Budget and Finance 11. Understanding the Assessment (Evaluation) of the CAP and Rural Policy 12. Understanding the History of the CAP and European Policy 12a. Annex to Chapter 12: A Chronology of the EU and CAPReviewsBerkeley Hill's Understanding the Common Agricultural Policy fills a gap in the agricultural policy literature with his comprehensive approach to the policy process and his deep understanding of its past and present. The book combines the up-to-date factual developments of the CAP with the critical views of the author. It is an essential reading for scholars, the policy community and the general public interested to understand why and how Europe transfer public money to farmers. Sophia Davidova, Professor of European Agricultural Policy, School of Economics, University of Kent Books on the CAP typically set out to explain what the CAP is. This book instead addresses what is meant by 'policy' and 'policy process', in order to demonstrate why there is a policy and why it is the way it is. It provides a novel analysis of the CAP as an example of a complex public policy and is thus an important complement to works that provide only a description of the CAP and its instruments. Professor Rob Ackrill, Nottingham Trent University, UK The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a complicated set of measures used to pursue a range of policy objectives. Its complexity has increased over time as EU policymakers have sought to respond to an expanding array of issues facing food, agriculture and rural areas. It is extremely difficult to provide a comprehensive, integrated and understandable analysis of the whys and wherefores of the CAP. Berkeley Hill's volume succeeds admirably in this task. It is essential reading for those who want to understand a policy that remains central to the identity of the European Union. David Blandford, Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics, The Pennsylvania State University Berkeley Hill's Understanding the Common Agricultural Policy fills a gap in the agricultural policy literature with his comprehensive approach to the policy process and his deep understanding of its past and present. The book combines the up-to-date factual developments of the CAP with the critical views of the author. It is an essential reading for scholars, the policy community and the general public interested to understand why and how Europe transfer public money to farmers. - Sophia Davidova, Professor of European Agricultural Policy, School of Economics, University of Kent Author InformationBerkeley Hill is Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis at Imperial College London, and was President of the Agricultural Economics Association for 2008/9. He is well-known internationally for consultancy, research and publication on the analysis of agricultural and rural policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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