<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper explores transformations in agriculture during the period 1995–2015 and shows their impact on rural landscapes in the case of Austria. When Austria joined the European Union in 1995, this meant a minor gash in agricultural politics, from broad support of smallholder agriculture to a programme of modernisation and rationalisation. Austrian politicians defined this shift as a process of “ecological modernisation” (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_euco-2018-0010_ref_008_w2aab3b7b9b1b6b1ab1ab8Aa">Fischler et al. 1994</xref>), incorporating agri-environmental schemes as instruments and modifying existing programmes of direct payments. The survey forms the groundwork for a discussion on landscape effects of the CAP as an “ecological” modernisation programme and possible impact of the CAP-reform 2020.</p></abstract>

The paper explores transformations in agriculture during the period 1995–2015 and shows their impact on rural landscapes in the case of Austria. When Austria joined the European Union in 1995, this meant a minor gash in agricultural politics, from broad support of smallholder agriculture to a programme of modernisation and rationalisation. Austrian politicians defined this shift as a process of “ecological modernisation” (Fischler et al. 1994), incorporating agri-environmental schemes as instruments and modifying existing programmes of direct payments. The survey forms the groundwork for a discussion on landscape effects of the CAP as an “ecological” modernisation programme and possible impact of the CAP-reform 2020.

Between Smallholder Traditions and “Ecological Modernisation” – Agricultural Transformation, Landscape Change and the Cap in Austria 1995–2015

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The paper explores transformations in agriculture during the period 1995–2015 and shows their impact on rural landscapes in the case of Austria. When Austria...

Between Smallholder Traditions and “Ecological Modernisation” – Agricultural Transformation, Landscape Change and the Cap in Austria 1995–2015

Published Online: Apr 04, 2018

Page range: 158 - 179

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: Dec 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2018-0010

Keywords
European Common Agricultural Policy, cultural landscape, agriculture, agri-environmental schemes, landscape policy

© 2018 Peter Kurz, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Between Smallholder Traditions and “Ecological Modernisation” – Agricultural Transformation, Landscape Change and the Cap in Austria 1995–2015

Published Online: Apr 04, 2018

Page range: 158 - 179

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: Dec 08, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2018-0010

KeywordsEuropean Common Agricultural Policy, cultural landscape, agriculture, agri-environmental schemes, landscape policy

© 2018 Peter Kurz, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
European Common Agricultural Policy, cultural landscape, agriculture, agri-environmental schemes, landscape policy