Agricultural Policy in Western Europe and the United States

The late Ken A. Ingersent, former Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham, UK and A.J. Rayner, formerly Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK

• Contents: Preface 1. Background to Agricultural Policy 2. History to 1930: Development Policy and Trade Intervention 3. The 1930s: Economic Crisis and Agricultural Support Policies 4. 1940–73: Agricultural Adjustment and Trade Interaction 5. 1973–1980s: Agricultural Expansion and the Rise of Trade Policy Issues 6. International Policy Adjustment 7. Policy Reforms in the 1990s and the Prospects for Further Adjustments Bibliography Index

'. . . this is probably the most balanced, informed and comprehensive treatment of US and Western European agricultural policy now in print. I would recommend it both as a reference and a text. . . It is well informed, well-executed and reasonably accessible to most students and interested readers, and deserves a wide audience.'