The role of agriculture in economic development : the lessons of history / Sren Kjeldsen-Kragh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kjeldsen-Kragh, Sren.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--20th century.

Agriculture.

Land use, Rural--History--20th century.

Land use, Rural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Copenhagen] : Copenhagen Business School Press ; Portland, OR : Distribution [in] North America [by] International Specialized Book Services, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first part of The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development describes agricultural progress in Europe and the US since 1750, when modern societies began to develop and agriculture was an engine of growth. Since 1914, agriculture has experienced difficulties in spite of spectacular increases in productivity. This book also describes the beginning of agricultural policy during the Great Depression, and how it continued and developed in the EU and the US after World War II. Agricultural policy in the post-war period was built on the legacy of the past, and only in recent years have there been signs of fundamental reform. The second part of the book builds a model of the development process. The author emphasizes that it is not possible to explain development without looking simultaneously at the resources, technology, institutions, and attitudes prevalent in a country. The author develops a stage theory to identify the crucial factors driving economic development from period to period.

Contents:

The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development

Preface

I General economic trends

1. Economic development in the modern era

1.1 The modern era started around 1750

1.2 The data available for comparison

1.3 Population growth from 1500 to 2000

1.4 Economic development from 1500 to 1820

1.5 Economic development from 1820 to 2000

1.6 Industrialisation

1.7 Different economic conditions in Western Europe and the USA in different periods

1.8 The business cycle

1.9 Factors influencing economic development

1.10 Summary

2. Integration and trade

2.1 New ideas in a world with little integration 1750-1815

2.2 The increase in international trade 1815-2000

2.3 Increasing integration and liberalisation 1815-1875

2.4 Increasing integration and tariff protection 1875-1914

2.5 A turbulent period of disintegration 1914-1945

2.6 The revival of integration 1945-2000

2.7 Summary

II Agricultural development

3. Employment, productivity and prices in agriculture

3.1 The relative decline of agriculture

3.2 Production resources in agriculture

3.3 Productivity in agriculture

3.4 Productivity differs between countries

3.5 Demand for agricultural products

3.6 Agricultural prices in the short term

3.7 Agricultural prices in the medium term

3.8 Agricultural prices in the long term

3.9 Real agricultural prices

3.10 Summary

4. Technological and institutional changes in agriculture 1750-1914

4.1 What are technological and institutional changes?

4.2 An overview of industrial and agricultural changes

4.3 The farming system in Europe before the agricultural revolution

4.4 The first technological changes

4.5 Institutional changes in the form of agricultural reforms

4.6 Technological changes continued

4.7 Institutional change in the form of economic integration.

4.8 The importance of markets

4.9 Summary

5. Agricultural reforms in Europe 1750-1914

5.1 The feudal system was not the same everywhere

5.2 Britain

5.3 France

5.4 Germany

5.5 Denmark

5.6 Mediterranean countries

5.7 Austria-Hungary and the Balkans

5.8 Russia

5.9 Summary

6. Trade policy and agricultural performance in different countries 1815-1914

6.1 Britain

6.2 France

6.3 Germany

6.4 Denmark

6.5 The USA

6.6 Summary

7. Agricultural markets and public intervention 1914 - 1945

7.1 The First World War and the restoration of peace 1914-1929

7.2 The introduction of agricultural support policies inEurope 1929-1939

7.3 The Great Depression and agricultural policy in the USA 1929-1939

7.4 Lack of international co-operation

7.5 How did agriculture perform?

7.6 Agriculture in the Soviet Union 1917-1939

7.7 The debate about development strategy in the Soviet Union

7.8 Summary

8. Adjustment and agricultural policies 1945-2000

8.1 The immediate post war period 1945-1950

8.2 GATT and agriculture

8.3 Agricultural policies 1950-1960

8.4 The foundation of the European Economic Community and the Common Agricultural Policy

8.5 Agricultural policy problems 1968-1973

8.6 The agricultural trend of falling real prices

8.7 The Common Agricultural Policy 1973-1990

8.8 Why was the CAP allowed to be developed?

8.9 US agricultural policy 1960-1990

8.10 Agriculture more dependent on world markets and macroeconomic policies

8.11 Agricultural reforms since 1990

8.12 Summary

III Lessons from the past

9. The determinants of agricultural development

9.1 A development model

9.2 Common characteristics of feudal societies

9.3 The different stages of agricultural development

9.4 The first stage of agricultural development.

9.5 The second stage of agricultural development

9.6 The third stage of agricultural development

9.7 The fourth stage of development

9.8 What will happen in the fifth stage?

9.9 Summary

10. Agriculture in the early stage of economic development

10.1 Agriculture or industry as the engine of growth

10.2 Agricultural demand stimulated industrialisation

10.3 Agriculture supplied resources

10.4 Interrelationship between agriculture and industry

10.5 Agricultural development and population growth

10.6 Agricultural reforms and farm size structure

10.7 Summary

11. Markets and institutions for further development

11.1 The market mechanism and development

11.2 The implementation of the market economy

11.3 Markets are of special importance to agriculture

11.4 Agriculture is a biological production

11.5 The institutional framework and agriculture

11.6 The experience of the Soviet planned economy

11.7 Summary

12. Economic policy intervention

12.1 Trade policy

12.2 Agricultural policy

12.3 Problems caused by agricultural policy

12.4 Macroeconomic policy and agriculture

12.5 Summary

13. Agriculture in the developing countries after 1950

13.1 The long-term trends in the Third World

13.2 Why did the developing countries choose industrialisation?

13.3 Was it wise to focus on industrialisation?

13.4 Production structures and patterns

13.5 The importance of prices

13.6 Macroeconomic policies in the developing countries

13.7 Summary

14. The lessons of history

14.1 Different methods of analysis

14.2 General economic trends

14.3 Agricultural development

14.4 A development model

14.5 Productivity increases and agricultural reforms

14.6 Economic integration, markets and economic environment

14.7 Economic and agricultural policy intervention.

14.8 Post-war experiences of the developing countries

Literature

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

87-630-9985-3

OCLC:

769012668