Abstract: This chapter explores the shifting relationship of agricultural, environmental and food policy within Europe. It has been over two years in the making; two years that have seen a number of critical changes both in agricultural, environmental and food politics and in the way these domains have been investigated by European social scientists. The idea of a European model of agriculture has achieved a certain prominence, largely as a result of the eminently political need. The diversity of European ruralities and rural traditions, the variety of national cultural and institutional differences within Europe, and the different trajectories of agricultural modernization, all suggest that any single, all-embracing 'model' can only be a contrivance of limited empirical or analytical value. The European model, as a political construct, has yielded the more pragmatic notion of agricultural 'multifunctionality'. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-10-19
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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