Farm conservatism in France: Revisiting the weak state thesis

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1010-1027

  Roederer Rynning, Christilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural trade liberalization; CAP reform; Etatism; State autonomy; Vested interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648843342     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760701576502     Document Type: Article

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