This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty years. It explores the complex interactions of class, market, and state as they have affected the formulation and application...

Title Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Dragomirești and Dragova -- Chapter 2. Postsocialism as Neoliberalism -- Chapter 3. Bureaucrats, Patronage, Illegal Logging -- Chapter 4. Contested...

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Politics, Policies and Legal Measures -- The National Politics of Early Post-Socialism -- Poland -- Hungary -- Czechoslovakia and the Czech and Slovak Republics -- Bulgaria --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Time, Welfarism, and European Integration -- 1 The Agricultural Welfare State -- 2 The Europeanization of Agricultural Politics -- 3 Outlining the Options for the CAP, January 1958 to June 1960 -- 4 Decisions and Indecisions for the CAP, June 1960...

This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Enhance Agricultural Productivity to Reduce Poverty -- Why Governments Should Invest in Agriculture -- How Much Public Spending-And for What? --...

Agri-environment-climate measures and organic farming support have been the main contractual instruments promoting environment-friendly agricultural practices in the European Union since the 90s. They are insufficient in reaching significant environmental improvements, partly because...

Results-based, collective action, value chain, and land tenure contracts are means to improve the management of agri-environmental public goods. The objective of this paper is to assess the understandability, applicability, and perceived economic benefit of each of these contract types by land...

Learning from the experiences of other countries can support efforts to improve agricultural policies. Switzerland provides an interesting case because its policy is exceptionally targeted towards the establishment of sustainable production systems. We describe the history and the current state...

In recent years, agricultural policies have expanded their scope to include funding for the promotion of environmental sustainability in agriculture. However, these policies have been often overlooked in the political economy literature. This article aims to investigate the factors influencing...