Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy: History of a Paradigm Change

by I. Garzon

Overview

Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy presents an unprecedented comparison of three successive major reforms of the CAP. It shows the influence of related issues such as international trade negotiations and budget constraints and demonstrates that factors such as opening of the policy network and feedback were key to accelerating change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230001848
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/04/2006
Series:	Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	215
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

ISABELLE GARZON has been at the European Commission for twelve years working in the areas of regional, trade, agriculture and development. She has been an advisor to trade commissioner Lamy for five years, with responsibility for I.A. agriculture.

Table of Contents

Introduction Analytical Framework The Institutional Context Thirty Years of Immobility Policy Changes since 1992 The MacSharry Reform (1992) Agenda 2000 (1999) The Fischler II Reform (2003) The Increasing Role of Policy Discourse in Agricultural Policy The Determinants of Policy Change Applying Policy Feedback Approach to CAP Reforms Paradigm Change in the Common Agricultural Policy Conclusion