The Common Agricultural Policy

Past, Present and Future

Brian E. Hill

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032467009
• eBook ISBN: 9781000864533
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Originally published in 1984, this book provides an introduction to the history of agriculture in Western Europe, states the case for government intervention and analyses the operation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the late 20th Century. It concludes that the costs of the policy fell heavily on the poorer consumers, food prices were artificially high and surpluses sold at a loss on the world markets. In the light of Britain's departure from the EU and the EU CAP this book, which also examined the prospects for the future has an enduring relevance.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• Figures and tables
• General editor’s preface
• Author’s preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Agriculture and economic development
• 2 The development of modern agriculture: problems and policies
• 3 The development of the Common Agricultural Policy
• 4 Monetary problems
• 5 Mountains and lakes: the problem of surpluses
• 6 Common financing
• 7 Achievements of the Common Agricultural Policy
• 8 Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
• 9 The Common Agricultural Policy: immutable or transitional?
• References
• Index