Role of interest groups in policy reform: Overview of the Common Agricultural Policy and specific focus on France

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dc.contributor.authorTexier, Elodie
dc.contributor.supervisorVerdun, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-08T20:42:21Z
dc.date.available2014-05-08T20:42:21Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-05-08
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis is to analyze the causal relationship between the intensive farmers-government interaction in agricultural policy and the perverse and suboptimal outcomes in the view of taxpayers and consumers. This analysis focused on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU. Created with the signature of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 by the six founding countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany), the CAP represented for many years the only common policy fully administered at the European level and the largest item in the EU budget. It is strongly rooted in the European integration project and it represents the cornerstone of EU agriculture. Although a model of policy integration at the supranational level, it has also been the source of much criticism about its cost and its perverse effects. Nevertheless, the latest reform of the CAP, approved in 2013, demonstrates that agricultural policy remains of utmost importance at the EU level. This research is based on two major assumptions: First, it was possible to maintain political support for the Common Agricultural Policy because it fulfilled social and economic purposes that justified its existence. Second, interest group activity is often perceived negatively and there is not much information on its positive role in the policy process. This thesis draws from the literature on European governance in order to analyze the role of interest groups in the policy process and their impact on policy outcomes.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0503en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0335en_US
dc.description.proquestemailelodie_texier@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5386
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectinterest representationen_US
dc.subjectinterest groupen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectEuropean governanceen_US
dc.subjectCommon Agricultural Policyen_US
dc.subjectpolicy reformen_US
dc.titleRole of interest groups in policy reform: Overview of the Common Agricultural Policy and specific focus on Franceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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