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In the five decades of the Common Agricultural Policy's existence its semantic and policy paradigms have shifted considerably. The earlier semantics of “justice” with its emphasis on the economic and social consequences of declining farm incomes has gradually been replaced by a “sustainability” paradigm which stresses the common interests of farmers and citizens concerning the public goods that agriculture and rural areas provide in contemporary Western societies.
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The author is indebted to Daniel W. Bromley and Ingo Pies for suggestions and stimulating discussion. Comments on a previous version of the manuscript by Dan Bromley and Ulrich Koester are gratefully acknowledged. The usual disclaimer applies.
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Petrick, M. The Co-evolution of Semantics and Policy Paradigms: 50 Years of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy. Intereconomics 43, 246–252 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-008-0257-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-008-0257-8