Public money for public goods
The role of ideas in driving agriculture policy in the EU and post-Brexit UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11463565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hermann Kam (0000-0002-8243-4034, Imperial College London, corresponding author), Heather Smith (0000-0002-0089-7407, Imperial College London), Clive Potter (0000-0001-8677-344X, Imperial College London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Pages | 106618 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Land Use Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-8377 • E-ISSN: 1873-5754 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106618 |
| OpenAlex | W4327546992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
The role played by concepts and ideas in driving policy transformations has been much discussed in the political science literature. This paper presents a case study of ideas and the extent to which they drive policy change, drawing on the example of the Public Money for Public Goods (PMPG) principle in relation to the reform of EU and UK agriculture policy. We assess the factors which have promoted the adoption of the PMPG principle and the extent to which it is currently being realised under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy and the UK's post-Brexit agriculture policies. Drawing on a range of expert interviews, we find that policy concepts such as this have the capacity to be utilised by policymakers when looking to solve ‘wicked’ policy problems, and once mobilised, can gradually gain acceptance amongst stakeholders, lobbyists and policymakers over time. However, we also report evidence of dilution and mission creep, with a gap emerging between the original idea, its interpretation, and how it is realised in the messy world of policy advocacy and resistance. We conclude that advocates of the PMPG principle need to seize some recent windows of opportunities under an emerging set of post-Brexit set of land management schemes to further develop and implement this important policy idea
Agricultural policy · Agriculture · Brexit · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Interpretation (philosophy · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Set (abstract data type · European Union Policy and Governance · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |