The European Union´s Common Agricultural Policy Reforms: Towards a Critical Realist Approach
Marko Lovec
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Hardback. Series: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
This book engages in the controversies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, demonstrating how these are reiterated by mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. The reforms that the European Union's CAP underwent during the last three decades were intended to make it less trade-distorting, more taxpayer-friendly and more able to meet the new challenges of environmental concerns and rural development/territorial cohesion. The outcome of the reforms has, however, contradicted these objectives, with the controversies being reiterated by the mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. ... Read more
This book engages in the controversies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, demonstrating how these are reiterated by mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. The reforms that the European Union's CAP underwent during the last three decades were intended to make it less trade-distorting, more taxpayer-friendly and more able to meet the new challenges of environmental concerns and rural development/territorial cohesion. The outcome of the reforms has, however, contradicted these objectives, with the controversies being reiterated by the mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137572776
SKU
V9781137572776
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99-15
About Marko Lovec
Marko Lovec is a Research fellow and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He specializes in international political economy and European integration, with European Union's Common Agricultural Policy being his main topic of research.
Reviews for The European Union´s Common Agricultural Policy Reforms: Towards a Critical Realist Approach
The stated purpose of this book was to test three alternative approaches to explaining and understanding these reforms. ... the book is an interesting read and provides the reader with a useful overview of the development of the CAP. At the same time it is thought provoking because it challenges the reader to consider their own approach to science and ... Read more