An introduction to the 'new' politics of agriculture and food

Carsten Daugbjerg*, Alan Swinbank

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The agricultural policy agenda has been broadened with farm policy issues now interlinking with other policy domains (food safety, energy supplies, environmental protection, development aid, etc.). New actors promoting values which sometimes conflict, or which are not always easily reconcilable, with those previously guiding agricultural policy have entered the broader agricultural and food policy domain. The studies of various new policy issues inter-linking with the agricultural policy domain included in this special issue show that value conflicts are addressed in different ways and thus result in inter-institutional coordination and conflict unfolding differently. Studies of inter-institutional policy making in the agricultural policy sector have the potential to contribute to theoretical developments in public policy analysis in much the same way as agricultural policy studies did in the past.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-270
Number of pages12
JournalPolicy and Society
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2012
Externally publishedYes

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