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Agriculture and rural policy since 1914 (2012)
Book Chapter
Greer, A. (2012). Agriculture and rural policy since 1914. In L. Kennedy, & P. Ollerenshaw (Eds.), Ulster Since 1600: Politics, Economy and Society (275-290). Oxford: Oxford University Press

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.

Agricultural policy (2008)
Book Chapter
Greer, A. (2008). Agricultural policy. In M. Woods (Ed.), New Labour’s Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997 (149-165). Bristol: The Policy Press

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.