Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and fisheries

Classroom

The course discusses the objectives, history, instruments, reforms, and future of Common Agricultural Policy as well as Common Fisheries Policy.

Particular attention will be devoted to the economic and political effects of CAP and CFP. The Political Economy of agricultural and food policies approach will be used.

1. History of the Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy

2. Agricultural and fisheries sectors in the European Union – the basic statistics

3. Political Economy of agricultural and food policies

4. The current CAP – the first pillar

5. The current CAP – Rural Development Policy

6. The current Common Fisheries Policy

7. The CAP and CFP in an international context

8. The future of the CAP and CFP

Literature:

Baldwin, R., and C. Wyplosz (2015). The Economics of the European Integration. London: McGraw-Hill Higher Education (5th edition)

El-Agraa, A. (2013). The European Union. Economics and Policies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (9th edition)

Wallace, H., Pollack, M.A. and A. R. Young (2015): Policy-Making in the European Union. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 7th edition.

Swinnen, J. (2018). The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Selected articles and other material available on-line

The student learns the instruments, assumptions, and reforms implemented under the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) from the early 1960s to the beginning of the 21st century. The student finds out how to explain the economic and political reasons for the creation of CAP in the early 1960s and subsequent reforms; he/she learns to explain the economic effects of the functioning of the modern CAP for consumers, producers, the EU budget, and individual countries. The student is ready to critically analyze the causes and costs of CAP economic inefficiency, difficulties in reforming the CAP. The student learns to critically evaluate the economic effects of the functioning of the modern CAP for various stakeholders.

K_W05, K_W8, K_W11, K_U05,K_U10,K_K04, K_K05

This course will consist of a combination of introductory lectures, seminars with student presentations, and a written exam. Grades will be based on student participation in discussions (10% of final grade), presentations (30% of final grade), and the exam (60% of final grade).