2006/05/31 by Peter Nedergaard · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #European Union Policy and Governance #EU Law and Policy Analysis #Agricultural Economics and Policy
paper · doi:10.1080/07036330600785749
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This article analyses the 2003 reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. On the basis of rational choice theory, it addresses to two basic questions: first, which processes led to the 2003 CAP reform? And second, how can the actual content of the reform — with, for example, increased bureaucratisation and more diffuse implementation — be accounted for? The article concludes that it is possible to rationally answer the two questions and that the external pressure resulting from the impending WTO negotiations represented a necessary, if insufficient, condition for reform. In order to arrive at an adequate explanation, an account of the policy entrepreneurship on the part of Commissioner Franz Fischler must also be given.