Agriculture: People and Policies

Zusammenfassung 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? Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Graham Lowe Cox
• Assisted by: Graham Cox (Editor), Philip Lowe (Editor), Lowe Philip (Editor), Michael Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367356453
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35645-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Agriculture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Agricultural science, Environmental science, engineering and technology