'Grant has written one of the best books ever on the CAP, and really on EU policy making more generally.' - John Peterson, Political Studies '[D]emonstrates the author's rich knowledge of commodity details and historical evidence, without losing the thread of political economic analysis...[U]p-to-date...and...readable...it can be fully recommended.' - Andreas Bodenstedt, Sociologia Ruralis
Preface
Introduction
The Context of European Agriculture
The Structure of European Agriculture and Food Processing
The Development of the Common Agricultural Policy System Failures: the Agrimonetary System and the Fraud Problem
Butter Mountains, Wine Lakes and Beef War: the Commodity Regimes
Decision Making and the CAP
The Reform Imperative: Eastern Enlargement, Trade and the Environment
The Possibility of Radical Reform?
References.
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