The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy Reforms - Towards a Critical Realist Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book engages in the controversies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, demonstrating how these are reiterated by mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. The reforms that the European Union's CAP underwent during the last three decades were intended to make it less trade-distorting, more taxpayer-friendly and more able to meet the new challenges of environmental concerns and rural development/territorial cohesion. The outcome of the reforms has, however, contradicted these objectives, with the controversies being reiterated by the mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. European Union's Common Agricultural Policy Reforms argues that these controversies are due to reductionist, rationalist and idealist assumptions with regard to the object of inquiry applied by mainstream approaches. It proposes an alternative critical approach that takes into account the role of real material factors. Critical realism is not just an alternative explanation of CAP reforms but an alternative theory of how explanations can be made, which enables readers to reflect upon and endorse the results of existing lines of research in proceeding towards deeper level theory.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Marko Lovec
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	195
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-57277-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Promotions
LSN:	1-137-57277-9
Barcode:	9781137572776

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