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Greer, Alan

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Authors

Alan Greer Alan.Greer@uwe.ac.uk
Prog Director/ AP in Politics & Pub Plcy



Contributors

Michael Woods
Editor

Abstract

The agricultural policy of the New Labour governments has been central in their approach to governing the countryside. This is highlighted in the rhetoric of multifunctional agriculture, which stresses the central contribution that farmers make to the delivery of a wide range of policy objectives – not only in food production but also in rural development, environmental sustainability, animal welfare and food quality.

This chapter analyses the agricultural policy of New Labour governments after 1997. The agenda was dominated by old and new problems (for example BSE and avian influenza), recurring issues (the stagnation of agricultural incomes), the pursuit of longstanding policy commitments at the international level (radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and greater liberalization of world trade), and organizational reform (the creation of DEFRA and the impact of devolution). The agriculture sector also highlights central themes in the New Labour approach to the modernization of the policy process, encapsulated in a 1999 Cabinet Office Report that set out nine core principles of modern policy making such as joined-up governance, evidence-based policy, learning from experience and other countries, and consultation with stakeholders.

Citation

Greer, A. (2008). Agricultural policy. In M. Woods (Ed.), New Labour’s Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997 (149-165). Bristol: The Policy Press

Publication Date Sep 10, 2008
Deposit Date Jan 6, 2011
Publicly Available Date Feb 10, 2016
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 149-165
Book Title New Labour’s Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997
ISBN 978-1861349323
Keywords agricultural policy, new labour, countryside, rural
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1009187
Publisher URL http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781861349323
Related Public URLs http://www.policypress.co.uk
Additional Information Additional Information : This version is not to be cited. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an extract/chapter published in "New Labour’s Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997". Details of the definitive published version and how to purchase it are available online at: http://www.policypress.co.uk.
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