All Outputs (21)

Divergence and continuity after Brexit in agriculture (2023)
Journal Article

Throughout British membership of the European Union (EU), agricultural policy was largely determined by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This was viewed by the UK as a dysfunctional policy and while periodic reforms meant that the EU moved slowl... Read More about Divergence and continuity after Brexit in agriculture.

Populism, politicization and policy change in US and UK agro-food policies (2020)
Journal Article

This paper compares the effects of right-wing populism on agro-food policy in the US and UK. In both countries, populist campaigns politicized agro-food issues but the effects on policy have been variable. In the United States, policy has remained re... Read More about Populism, politicization and policy change in US and UK agro-food policies.

Reflections on devolution: Twenty years on (2019)
Journal Article

May 2019 marks twenty years since the first elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly. This report discusses a paper published by the Institute for Government (IFG) that reflects on the experience to date of devolution, drawing on inter... Read More about Reflections on devolution: Twenty years on.

Brexit and devolution (2017)
Journal Article

A report on debates about Brexit in relation to devolution and the relationships between the 'UK' government and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. A core claim about agricultural policy making is that it is ‘compartmentalized’ and ‘exceptional’. In this picture, the policy process is insulated from other policy concerns, has a dist... Read More about Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform.

Devolution aspects of Brexit and agriculture (2017)
Other

A submission requested by the House of Lords European Union Committee for its enquiry into Brexit and Agriculture

Devolution aspects of Brexit (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper

A post Brexit referendum report on devolution and agriculture, written for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and the Farmer Scientist Network.

The European referendum: Agriculture, food and rural policy issues (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper

Pre-referendum briefing paper on agricultural and food aspects of Brexit.

The implications of brexit for UK agriculture (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper

A multi-authored briefing paper prepared for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society/The Farmer Scientist Network to inform the debate on the EU referendum in relation to agriculture.

The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change? (2013)
Journal Article

After highlighting the budgetary context and the historical trends on the funding of the CAP, this paper considers contemporary debates about its reform in the context of two ‘historic firsts’. Negotiations about the multiannual financial framework (... Read More about The common agricultural policy and the EU budget: Stasis or change?.

Agriculture and rural policy since 1914 (2012)
Book Chapter

The chapter considers agriculture and rural policy in the six counties of Ulster that formed Northern Ireland after 1921. First, trends in the socio-economic structure of the rural world are examined, considering changes in farm size, production pat... Read More about Agriculture and rural policy since 1914.

Inter-institutional decision-making: The case of the Common Agricultural Policy (2012)
Journal Article

The dominant portrayal of the policy process around the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) emphasises a system of inter-governmental bargaining, close links between institutions and farming interests, and compartmentalised closed policy networks. This... Read More about Inter-institutional decision-making: The case of the Common Agricultural Policy.

Reform of the EU budget: implications for the common agricultural policy (2012)
Book Chapter

Understanding the effect of decentralisation on health services: The Nepalese experience (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose: Despite enormous progress in health globally, primary healthcare services in many developing countries are facing different challenges. Many studies have documented that decentralisation could be useful in supporting and developing health se... Read More about Understanding the effect of decentralisation on health services: The Nepalese experience.

Decentralization and district health services in Nepal: Understanding the views of service users and service providers (2010)
Journal Article

Background: Within the decentralization framework of Government, the Ministry of Health (MoH) Nepal initiated the decentralization of primary care services closer to citizens. This paper aims to examine and understand the effect of decentralization a... Read More about Decentralization and district health services in Nepal: Understanding the views of service users and service providers.

Agricultural policy (2008)
Book Chapter

The agricultural policy of the New Labour governments has been central in their approach to governing the countryside. This is highlighted in the rhetoric of multifunctional agriculture, which stresses the central contribution that farmers make to th... Read More about Agricultural policy.

Agricultural policy in Europe (2005)
Book

Farm interest groups in Ireland: Adaptation, partnership and resilience (2005)
Book Chapter

Countryside Issues: A Creeping Crisis (2003)
Journal Article

This article explores the idea of countryside crisis in Britain. Countryside crisis is contrasted with more conventional single-issue crises because of its multi-stranded and complex character. Its main components are the contemporary problems of the... Read More about Countryside Issues: A Creeping Crisis.

Policy networks and policy change in organic agriculture: A comparative analysis of the UK and Ireland (2002)
Journal Article

This paper takes a comparfative case-study approach, located within the literature on policy networks, to organic agriculture policy in the United Kingdom and Ireland since the late 1980s. An examination of policy development for the organic sector f... Read More about Policy networks and policy change in organic agriculture: A comparative analysis of the UK and Ireland.