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Policy Networks Under Pressure Pollution Control, Policy Reform and the Power of Farmers
By Carsten Daugbjerg
Copyright 1998
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998, this book examines how established policy networks and the broader context within which they are embedded influence the choice of policy when change has been put on the agenda. It criticises the existing network literature for being predominantly descriptive, for having little to say on the choice of policy and for omitting the analysis of the broader political structures... Read more
1. Policy Networks: a Critical Review. 2. Policy Networks and Policy Changes: a Meso-Level Analysis. 3. Moving Beyond Meso-Level Analysis. 4. Classifying Policy Reforms and New Policies. 5. Danish and Swedish Nitrate Policies. 6. Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Community and Sweden. 7. Cohesion of Agricultural Policy Networks. 8. Farmers’ Structural Power in Parliament and State Structures. 9. Conclusion: a Defence of Policy Network Analysis.
Biography
Carsten Daugbjerg
’...the book is, generally speaking, clearly written and well structured...it is an interesting comparative study about agri-policy reforms and an interesting discussion about the policy network literature.’ Scandinavian Political Studies ’...an interesting and well-documented book.’ European Review of Agricultural Economics
