AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

By B. KURAO

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE A STORY OF COMMUNISM AND RURAL SOCIETIES POST-­COMMUNIST ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS TRANSITION AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE AGRICULTURE–NATURE NEXUS COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS AND EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT EUROPEAN UNION INTEGRATION IMPLICATIONS FOR FARM ECONOMIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ACCESSION TO THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SMALL-­SCALE VULNERABLE FARMS AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION CONCLUSIONS AND A POSSIBLE WAY AHEAD NOTES