The Folly of European Union Policy Transfer: Why the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Does Not Fit Central and Eastern Europe

作者: Matthew Gorton , Carmen Hubbard , Lionel Hubbard

DOI: 10.1080/00343400802508802

关键词: Rural areaAgricultural policyEuropean unionPolicy transferPolitical scienceEconomyCommon Agricultural PolicyResizingAccessionEuropean integration

摘要: Gorton M., Hubbard C. and L. The folly of European Union policy transfer: why the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) does not fit Central Eastern Europe, Regional Studies. This paper assesses appropriateness Union's for meeting rural development challenges in New Member States (NMS). It argues that while mitigation structural problems confronting areas these countries is critical to challenge effectively integrating Europe (CEE) into Union, CAP poorly suited this task. Overall, was insufficiently reformed accommodate CEE accession it represents a failure adjust adequately from an exclusively Western institution appropriate pan-European organization. et La folie d'elargir les politiques de l'Ue: la Pac, pourquoi elle ne convient pas aux Peco, Cet art...