Agriculture: People and Policies

ISBN-13: 9780367356507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Graham Cox; Philip Lowe; Michael Winter

Opis

The structure and future of Britain’s agriculture are the focus of this book, first published in 1986. What is distinctive about the social and economic organisation of agricultural production? Which main factors have influenced policy formation? How will policy makers respond to concern about economic and environmental impact?

Spis treści

1. The State and the Farmer: Perspectives on Agricultural Policy Graham Cox, Philip Lowe and Michael Winter  2. Capitalism, Petty Commodity Production and the Farm Enterprise David Goodman and Michael Redclift  3. Family Enterprises in Agriculture: Structural Limits and Political Possibilities Harriet Friedmann  4. The Development of Family Farming in West Devon in the Nineteenth Century Michael Winter  5. Part-Time Farming: its Place in the Structure of Agriculture Ruth Gasson  6. Small Scale Farming in the Northern Ireland Rural Economy Joan Moss  7. Landownership Relations and the Development of Modern British Agriculture Sarah Whatmore  8. Property-State Relations in the 1980s: an Examination of Landlord-Tenant Legislation in British Agriculture Terry Marsden  9. Investment Styles and Countryside Change in Lowland England Clive Potter  10. British Agriculture Under Attack George Peters  11. Agriculture and Conservatism in Britain: a Policy Community Under Siege Graham Cox, Philip Lowe and Michael Winter  12. Agricultural Policy and Party Politics in Post-War Britain Andrew Flynn

O autorze

Graham Cox, Philip Lowe, Michael Winter