Rural Politics

Michael Winter is Professor of Rural Economy and Society in the Countryside and Community Research Unit at Cheltenham and Gloucester College. Preview books include The Voluntary Principle in Conservation (with Philip Lowe and Graham Cox) and Church and Religion in Rural England (with Douglas Davies and Charles Watkins). He has conducted many research contracts for government agencies concerned with the British countryside.

• Acknowledgements. Introduction. Approaches to Policy Chapter 1. The Policy Process Chapter 2. The Institutional Framework Chapter 3. Policy Implementation and Evaluation Agricultural Policy Chapter 4. The Emergence of Agricultural Corporation Chapter 5. The State and the Farmer: Post-War Farm Policy Chapter 6. The Crisis of the Common Agricultural Policy Rural Environmental Policy Chapter 7. The Origins of Environmental Concern Chapter 8. Protecting Landscapes, Habitats and Wildlife Chapter 9. The Greening of Agricultural Policy Chapter 10. Agricultural Pollution Chapter 11. Farming's Rich Relation: Forestry Policy and Politics Chapter 12. Conclusions: Emerging Themes in Rural Policy