The Common Agricultural Policy (The European Union Series)

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy which imposes high costs on taxpayers and consumers yet has proved very difficult to reform. Particular emphasis is placed on new developments affecting the shape of the CAP, including the outcome of the GATT Uruguay Round negotiations, Eastern enlargement, and developments in environmental policy. A distinctive feature of the book is the attention given to situating European agriculture within its global context and in relation to the food processing and agricultural supply industries. The Political System of the European Union sets out a new way of analyzing, researching and teaching the EU. This approach starts from the recognition that the EU possesses all the attributes of a modern "political system." The book subsequently argues that we should use general theories and methods in political science to understand how the EU works. For each of the main processes in the EU political system, the book introduces the key political science tools, applies these in a detailed description of the workings of the EU, and compares the results to the latest theoretical and empirical research on the EU. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-8 The Context of European Agriculture....Pages 9-31 The Structure of European Agriculture and Food Processing....Pages 32-62 The Development of the Common Agricultural Policy....Pages 63-82 System Failures: The Agrimonetary System and the Fraud Problem....Pages 83-101 Butter Mountains, Wine Lakes and Beef Wars: The Commodity Regimes....Pages 102-146 Decision-Making and the CAP....Pages 147-182 The Reform Imperative: Eastern Enlargement, Trade and the Environment....Pages 183-213 The Possibility of Radical Reform?....Pages 214-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-244 Renaud Dehousse ; Foreword By William E. Paterson. Part Of This Book Was First Published In French In 1994 By Montchrestien As La Cour De Justice Des Communautʹes Europʹeennes -t.p. Verso. --text Expanded In French. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-201) And Index. Translated From The French. Rather than focusing on a single area of the EU, or on detailed coverage of its institutions or policies, McCormick's new book introduces all aspects of European integration, combining a clear and thematic narrative with essential facts and figures Grant presents a comprehensive analysis of the CAP, which imposes high costs on taxpayers and consumers yet has proved very difficult to reform. Particular emphasis is placed on the impact of developments such as the outcome of the Uruguay Round The EU is presented in this textbook as an emerging political system, in which the government, policies and the politics of the system are inextricably linked Wyn Grant. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 229-238) And Index.