Agrarpolitik

Weingarten, Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-23670-0_184-1

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“…Current examples of government policy presume that this is the case. The German government, e.g., in their latest agricultural policy report [18] outlined their policy aim of a broad distribution of land ownership-a goal for agri-environmental policy now being stated much more emphatically than at any time since the Second World War [19,20]. Close examination of the political argumentation shows that that broad distribution of landownership is regarded as a basis for the well-being of local economies and rural societies [18]-assuming that agriculture and rurality are intertwined [21].…”

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Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Bunkus

Theesfeld

2018

Land

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Recently, we witnessed an immense increase in international land transactions in the Global South, a phenomenon slowly expanding in northern industrialized countries, too. Even though in Europe agriculture plays a decreasing economic role for rural livelihoods, the increases in land transactions by non-local, non-agricultural investors pervades rural life. Nevertheless, the underlying processes are not yet well understood. Large-scale land acquisitions describe such purchases and leases in a neutral way, while ‘land grabbing’ expresses negative consequences for rural people. We investigate whether and under which conditions the term land grabbing is justified for the phenomenon observed in Europe. We propose six socio-cultural criteria that scholars should consider to come to an initial classification: legal irregularities, non-residence of new owners, centralization in decision-making structures, treating land as an investment object, concentration of decision-power, and limited access to land markets. We supplement our findings with empirical material from East Germany, where such land acquisition processes occur. Our paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about agricultural structural change in Europe, which is intensified by increasing land prices and a new distribution of landownership but likewise strongly intertwined with rural development.

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Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Bunkus

Theesfeld

2018

Land

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“…Through the introduction of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), EU member states gained greater control over agricultural policy. State governments' competencies also increased in federal political systems [38,39]. In Germany, the German states have a significant influence on policies, including water quality protection and agriculture [40,41].…”

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Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies

Schaub

2019

Water

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Scholars have increasingly argued for an integration of policies on agriculture and water due to their strong interlinkage. The entry of agricultural pollutants into water represents one of the main pressures on Europe’s ground and surface waters. This not only poses a risk to the environment and human health but also jeopardizes meeting the targets set by the EU Water Framework Directive. Research on the political agenda setting has shown that issue salience is key for triggering policy change. Nevertheless, Germany has repeatedly failed to adopt adequate policy measures despite the salience of the issue among the German public and increasing pressure by the EU. In this study, I shed light on the positioning of political parties in Germany on agricultural pollutants to explain the absence of policy change. More specifically, I ask whether there is an ideological division between political parties that hampers the adoption of effective, integrated policy measures. A qualitative content analysis of election manifestos published between 1998 and 2018 finds that political parties’ policy positions are predominantly influenced by their placement on an environmental and an economic ideological dimension. As a result, political parties in Germany advocate conflictive policy approaches, which is detrimental to the adoption of effective policy measures.

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Agrarpolitik

Cited by 2 publications

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Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Land Grabbing in Europe? Socio-Cultural Externalities of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in East Germany

Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies

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