CAP ? pengaslukande monster eller effektiv jordbrukspolitik EU
s gemensamma jordbrukspolitik sedd ur tre olika teoretiska perspektiv
European UnionCAP (Common Agriculture Policy)RealismLiberalismInstitutionalismCAP (EU:s gemensamma jordbrukspolitik)EUSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperSocial Sciences
The Common Agricultural Policy has been a burning topic for debate for severaldecades. According to the CAP:s opponents it's effects include pollution, market distortionsand not least a huge expense for the European union.In this study we seek to explain why the CAP has remained almostunreformed since it's constitution in the 1950:s. The means by which we do so isa case study where we analyze the CAP by using three different theories; liberalinter-governmentalism, realistic trade theory and new institutionalism.In the final chapter we conclude that the theories complement each other. Newinstitutionalism explains the rigidity of the CAP. The liberal perspective explainsthe origin and the logic behind the policy whereas the realistic point of view putsthe policy in the light of an international economic theory and recognizes nationalpolicy makers roll in the inflexibility of the CAP.