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Farm Policy and Trade Conflict

The Uruguay Round and CAP Reform

By: Alan Swinbank,Carolyn Tanner

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Farm Policy and Trade Conflict

The Uruguay Round and CAP Reform

By: Alan Swinbank,Carolyn Tanner

Provides a context for understanding the agricultural aspects of the GATT, the CAP, and EC-U.S. relations

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University of Michigan Press

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0472107275

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Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

The WTO and the Curious Role of EU Farm Policy in Trade Liberalization

By: Carsten Daugbjerg,Alan Swinbank

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Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

The WTO and the Curious Role of EU Farm Policy in Trade Liberalization

By: Carsten Daugbjerg,Alan Swinbank

Agriculture has a small, and declining, importance in employment and income generation within the EU, but a political importance well beyond its economic impact. The EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) has often been the source of conflict between the EU and its trade partners within first the GATT, and then the WTO. In the Doha Round agriculture was again a sticking point, resulting in setbacks and delays. The position of the EU is pivotal. Due to the comparatively limited competitiveness of the EU's agricultural sector, and the EU's institutionally constrained ability to undertake CAP reform, the CAP sets limits for agricultural trade liberalization blocking progress across the full compass of the WTO agenda. Therefore, the farm trade negotiation, with the CAP at its core, is the key to understanding the dynamics of trade rounds in the WTO. The book, written by a political scientist and an agricultural economist, applies theory on ideas to explain how the agricultural sector came to be included in the Single Undertaking that resulted in the Uruguay Round agreements, and how this led to a dynamic interplay between CAP reform and the possibility of further agricultural trade liberalization within the WTO, thereby providing useful insights into international trade relations.

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OUP Oxford

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0191571288

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9780191571282

Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

By: Alan Swinbank,N. F. Beard,Kate Jordan

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Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

By: Alan Swinbank,N. F. Beard,Kate Jordan

Over the next three years negotiations will be taking place in the WTO (World Trade Organisation) on agriculture. This report will help participants and analysts to understand the EU's negotiating position.

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Commonwealth Secretariat

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0850926254

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9780850926255

Leg It

By: Alan Parkinson

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Leg It

By: Alan Parkinson

Childhood in the eighties was fun for Peter Wood but nothing lasts forever. Running away seemed like his only option; as did his return fifteen years later. Will his old friends forgive him for going? Will his enemies forgive him for coming back? Will Pete win back the life he thought he had lost or will he Leg It? A classic tale of friendship, revenge, gangsters, and rubber pants.

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Lulu.com

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1326314483

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9781326314484

Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station

Excavation and survey at Housesteads, 1954-95

By: Alan Rushworth

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Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station

Excavation and survey at Housesteads, 1954-95

By: Alan Rushworth

Housesteads is one of the most important forts on Hadrian's Wall. Extensive excavations were carried out between 1874 and 1981 by Newcastle University. Combining the results with those of excavations done between 1959 and 1961 by Durham University, we now have a complete plan of the north-east part of the fort. These excavations uncovered principally Buildings XIII, XIV and XV, plus stretches of rampartbetween the north and east gates, along with a multitude of features and stratigraphic evidence, revealing not only the sequences but also large finds assemblages. In addition to shedding much light on the material culture of the fort's occupants and the structural and chronological relationships between various parts of the fort, limited reinvestigation of Building XIV and excavatin of the east end of Building XV enabled significant reinterpretation of the original conclusions reached by the Durham investigators, including some redating of structures. These excavations uncover the full 300-year period during which the fort formed an integal part of the Roman military frontier, for much if not all of that time the base of the cohors I Tungrorum milliaria peditat. This report documents the excavations and gives full finds reports, and the analysis of the evidence has enabled the authors to provide a full history of this part of the fort.

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English Heritage Publishing

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1848021658

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9781848021655

Protected Agriculture

A Global Review

By: Merle H. Jensen,Alan J. Malter

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Protected Agriculture

A Global Review

By: Merle H. Jensen,Alan J. Malter

History; Covering materials; Greenhouses; Growing systems in greenhouses; Floriculture crops; Water supply, water quality and mineral nutrition; Drip irrigation; Disease and insect control; Propagation and cultivar selection; Economics of protecred agriculture; Marketing and distribution; Technology transfer between nations; Development constraints, research needs and the future of protected agriculture.

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World Bank Publications

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0821329308

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9780821329306

Agricultural Policy in Europe

By: Alan Greer

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Agricultural Policy in Europe

By: Alan Greer

This book provides a stimulating account of agricultural policy which goes beyond a narrow concern with the mechanisms and operation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and instead constructs a broader canvas, developing an assessment of the relationship between national, international and supranational institutions and actors in the agricultural sector. Among the theses covered by the book are: the different national policy styles across Europe in this sector; the evolution of the CAP; safety and regulation, the environment, and technological developments in food production such as genetic engineering.

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Manchester University Press

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071906029X

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9780719060298

Scottish Planning Law

By: Raymond McMaster,Alan Prior,John Watchman

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Scottish Planning Law

By: Raymond McMaster,Alan Prior,John Watchman

Scottish Planning Law is a comprehensive and accessible guide to a constantly changing and complex field. The clear, well -structured style and practical approach of previous editions have been retained and enhanced while taking account many significant developments in recent planning law. Written by a team of authors with expertise and experience, this edition encompasses the reforms in planning law and practice in Scotland introduced primarily by the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006 and the related suite of secondary legislation which has radically altered the legislative landscape. This highly regarded text is essential reading for all those involved in the disciplines of planning, surveying, architecture, sustainable development and law.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780438575

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9781780438573

VCs of the North

Cumbria, Durham & Northumberland

By: Alan Whitworth

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VCs of the North

Cumbria, Durham & Northumberland

By: Alan Whitworth

Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite band of heroes. Within this group of Northern VC recipients are a number of outstanding names, including Richard Annand who gained the first VC of the Second World War and Roland Bradford who was one of only four sets of brothers to have secured the VC. He also had the distinction of becoming the youngest general in the British army. But among the roll of the brave whose gallantry and self-sacrifice are celebrated in these pages the reader will find the names and extraordinary deeds of many other men who were either born or bred or lived and died in the North. They will also find the story of the youngest Victoria Cross recipient who won his award aged just nineteen. The stories of these ordinary individuals who have 'performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country' will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in military history in general and in the long military tradition of the North of England.

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Pen and Sword

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1473848229

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Multifunctional Agriculture

A Transition Theory Perspective

By: Geoffrey Alan Wilson

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Multifunctional Agriculture

A Transition Theory Perspective

By: Geoffrey Alan Wilson

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to wider debates in the social sciences. This book analyses the extent to which the proposed transition towards post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific scrutiny, and proposes a modified productivist/non-productivist model that better encapsulates the complexity of agricultural and rural change. By combining existing notions and concepts, this book (re)conceptualizes agricultural change, creating a new transition theory, and a new way of looking at the future of agriculture.

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CABI

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1845932560

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9781845932565

Trade Liberalization and Poverty

A Handbook

By: Neil McCulloch,L. Alan Winters,Xavier Cirera

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Trade Liberalization and Poverty

A Handbook

By: Neil McCulloch,L. Alan Winters,Xavier Cirera

Openness to trade is a key element of economic policy; continuing extreme poverty in developing countries is a disgrace. This Handbook examines how concerns about the world's poor should affect our attitude towards trade liberalization. Part I draws on economic analysis and practical experience to construct a framework to analyse the links between trade liberalization and poverty. It shows policy-makers how to identify the critical features in their economies so they can ensure that the poor benefit from liberalization. Part II explores the reform of particular sectors -- agriculture, services, etc., and particular instruments of trade policy -- export subsidies, anti-dumping measures, etc. It presents an economic analysis of each type of reform, shows the likely outcome for the poor, and discusses the issue's status on the World Trade Organization's agenda. Book jacket.

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Centre for Economic Policy Research

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1898128626

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Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

The WTO and the Curious Role of EU Farm Policy in Trade Liberalization

By: Carsten Daugbjerg,Alan Swinbank

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The WTO and the Curious Role of EU Farm Policy in Trade Liberalization

By: Carsten Daugbjerg,Alan Swinbank

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Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

By: Alan Swinbank,N. F. Beard,Kate Jordan

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By: Alan Swinbank,N. F. Beard,Kate Jordan

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An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process

Explaining the MacSharry, Agenda 2000, and Fischler Reforms

By: Arlindo Cunha,Alan Swinbank

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An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process

Explaining the MacSharry, Agenda 2000, and Fischler Reforms

By: Arlindo Cunha,Alan Swinbank

The definitive account of the CAP reform process which will be essential reading for academics and students from a number of disciplines, as well as others who simply want to know why the CAP is as it is, and how decisions are really taken in Brussels.

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Book's by Alan Swinbank

Farm Policy and Trade Conflict

Farm Policy and Trade Conflict

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

Leg It

Leg It

Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station

Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station

Protected Agriculture

Protected Agriculture

Agricultural Policy in Europe

Agricultural Policy in Europe

Scottish Planning Law

Scottish Planning Law

VCs of the North

VCs of the North

Multifunctional Agriculture

Multifunctional Agriculture

Trade Liberalization and Poverty

Trade Liberalization and Poverty

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

Ideas, Institutions, and Trade

Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

Implications for Developing Countries of Likely Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process

An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process

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