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Offers an elegant yet accessible introduction to the political economy of agricultural economics and food policies
Presents both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence
Documents major changes and variations in agricultural and food policies
Blends a firm analytical grasp of welfare economics principles with a nuanced understanding of how ideology drives political economy
Emphasizes the importance of interactions between institutions and economic and political forces
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy (AEFP)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- agricultural economics
- organization
- political economy
- agriculture
- growth
- income distribution
- industrial organization
- international economics
- politics
- regulation
- taxation
- trade policy
- transition
- Transition Countries
Authors and Affiliations
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LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Johan Swinnen
About the author
Johan Swinnen is Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS-Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, a part-time Visiting Professor at the Centre for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, USA, and Mercator Fellow at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Swinnen has previously served as President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Lead Economist at the World Bank, and Economic Advisor at the European Commission.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies
Authors: Johan Swinnen
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50102-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50101-1Published: 25 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69894-3Published: 15 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50102-8Published: 24 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-3889
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 254
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial Organization, Economic Policy, International Political Economy’, Industries, International Economics, Comparative Politics