The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy Reforms: Towards A Critical Realist Approach (central And Eastern European Perspectives On International Relations)
by Marko Lovec /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.