GEOFF WILSON is Lecturer in Geography at Kings' College London. He has published widely on agri-environmental policy in Europe.OLIVIA WILSON is Lecturer in Geography at De Montfort University, Bedford and at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has published articles on rural development in Britain, agricultural policy in New Zealand and rural restructuring in the ex-German Democratic Republic.

• List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction FRG Agricultural Structures and Policies 1945-90 The FRG and the CAP 1957-90: Leader, Partner or Obstructor? The Challenge of German Reunification Germany, the CAP, the GATT and Agricultural Trade German Agriculture and the Environment Rural Planning, Policy and Development in Germany Conclusions: German Agriculture in Transition? Index