20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics
Entry Requirements
Course facts
- Course name
- 20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics
- Swedish course name
- 1900-talets jordbruksekonomi och politik
- Level
- Second cycle (A1N)
- Main field of study
- Agricultural Science
- Credits
- 7.5 credits
- Rate of study
- 50 %
- Study location
- Uppsala
- Form of instruction
- Campus-based instruction
- Application code
- SLU-40084
- Course code
- LB0114
- Course language
- English
- Included in program
-
Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAgriculture and Food ScienceAgriculture Programme - Economics and ManagementAgriculture Programme - Rural DevelopmentAgricultural Science with a Specialisation in Rural DevelopmentAgricultural Science with a Specialisation in Food Science
- Offered as a freestanding course
- Ja
- Tuition fee
-
22510 SEK
Tuition fees only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens
LB0114, 20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics, 7.5 Hp
Print syllabus
Syllabus
Finalized by: PN - NJ, 2019-11-27
Valid from : Spring semester 2021 (2021-01-18)
Level
Second cycle (A1N)
Main field of study
Agricultural Science
Grading Scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Course language
English
Entry Requirements
Objectives
In this course you will learn about major characteristics of the 20th century Swedish and international agricultural economy and politics – what has changed, how and why?
Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- account for and analyse the main features of 20th c. international agricultural economy and politics with emphasis on major changes.
- account for and analyse the main features of 20th c. Swedish agricultural economy and politics with emphasis on major changes.
- discuss and analyse impact of the agricultural sector on the 20th c. social and economic development.
Content
The course includes lectures, written tasks, seminars and written examination.
The course includes:
- Examples on 20th c. theories in agricultural economics
- 20th c international agriculture20th c Swedish agriculture: structures, production, technologies and labour
- The European ’green revolution’
- Demographic perspectives
- Regulation and deregulation of Swedish agriculture
- Agriculture and the welfare state
- Agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union
Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course
Approved examinations, obligatory tasks and activities.
Responsible Department/Equivalent
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Supplementary information
Included in program
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Agriculture and Food Science
- Agriculture Programme - Economics and Management
- Agriculture Programme - Rural Development
- Agricultural Science with a Specialisation in Rural Development
- Agricultural Science with a Specialisation in Food Science
Module set
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Enda modul | 7.5 | ENDA |
The Course Replaces
NA0170, LB0091
Book chapters:
Martiin, C., Pan-Montojo, J., Brassley, P. (2016) Agriculture in Capitalist Europe. From food shortages to food surpluses. Routledge. (At the SLU library and as e-book, SLU library.)
- Chapter 1: Brassley, P. & Martiin, C. & Pan Montojo, J., ‘European agriculture 1945-1960: an introduction’, pp. 1-20.
- Chapter 4: Gonzalez Esteban, A. L., Pinilla, V. & Serrano, R. ‘International agricultural markets after the war, 1945-60’
- Chapter 7: Christiansen, T. ‘From food surplus to even more food surplus: agrarian politics and prices in Denmark, 1945-1962’
- Chapter 8: Auderset, J & Moser, P. ‘Mechanisation and motorisation: natural resources, knowledge, politics and technology in 19th- and 20th-century agriculture’
- Chapter 9: Lanero, D. & Fernandez-Prieto, L. ‘Technology policies in dictatorial contexts: Spain and Portugal’
Articles:
Antonson, H. & U. Jansson (2011), ‘Introduction’, in Antonson & Jansson (eds.), Agriculture and Forestry in Sweden since 1900. Stockholm: Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, (pp. 25-52). (Via the course leader.)
Atkins, P. J. (2005) “Fattening children or fattening farmers? School milk in Britain, 1921-1941”, Economic History Review, LVIII, 1, pp. 57-78.
Barrett, C. B., Ortiz-Bobea, A. & T. Pham (2023) ”Structural Transformation, Agriculture, Climate, and the Environment”, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 17:2, p. 195-216.
Bengtsson, T. & Ohlsson, R. (1994), ‘The Demographic Transition Revisited’, in Bengtsson, T. (ed.) Population, Economy, and Welfare in Sweden, Springer Verlag: Berlin. (via the course leader)
Borlaug, N. (1970). ‘The Green Revolution, Peace and Humanity’, Nobel lecture (Download)
Collantes, F. (2019) “Why did the industrial diet triumph? The massification of dairy consumption in Spain, 1965-90”, The Economic History Review, vol. 72, issue 3, pp. 953-978 (Download)
Cleaver, Harry M. (1972) “The Contradictions of the Green Revolution”, The American Economic Review, Vo. 62, No ½, pp. 177-186. (Download.)
Daugbjerg, C. & Swinbank, A. (2007) ‘The politics of CAP reform: Trade negotiations, institutional settings and blame avoidance’, in Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 45 (1), 2007, pp. 1-22. (Download.)
Dovring, Folke (1965) When Farmers Become Fewer. Illinois Agricultural Economics, Vol. 5, Nr 2, pp. 1-9. (Download.)
Flygare, I. (2011), ‘Swedish smallholdings: an enduring element of the countryside’, in Antonson & Jansson (eds.), Agriculture and Forestry in Sweden since 1900. Stockholm: Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, (pp. 74-92). (Via the course leader.)
Foster, A. D. & Rosenzweig, M. R. (1996) “Technical change and human capital returns and investments: Evidence from the Green revolution”, The American Economic Review, vol. 86, No. 4, pp. 931-953 (Download)
Grigg, David (1995) ‘The nutritional transition in Western Europe’, in Journal of Historical Geography, 22. 1 (1995) pp. 247-261. (Download.)
Heady, E. O et al (1965) Roots of the farm problem. Changing Technology, Changing Capital Use. Changing labour needs. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press. (via the course leader.)
Lains, P & Pinilla, V. (2009) ‘Introduction’, in Lains & Pinilla (eds.) Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe since 1870. London and New York: Routledge, p. 1-24 (via course leader)
Ludlow, P. (2005) ‘The Making of the CAP: Towards a Historical Analysis of the EU’s First Major Policy’, in Contemporary European History, Vol. 14, No 3, pp. 347-371. (Download)
Martiin, C. (2017) ’From farmer to dairy farmer: Swedish dairy farming from the late 1920s to 1990’. Historia Agraria no 73, December 2017, pp. 7-34.
Mellor, J.F & Johnston, B.F. (1961) ‘The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development’, in The American Economic Review, Vol. 51, No. 4, 1961, pp. 566-593. (Download.)
Morell, M. (2011), ‘Farmland: ownership or leasehold, inheritance or purchase’, in Antonson & Jansson (eds.), Agriculture and Forestry in Sweden since 1900. Stockholm: Royal Academy of Forestry and Agriculture, (pp. 56-71). (Via the course leader.)
Palsson, C. (2021) ‘Small Farms, Large Transaction Costs: Haiti’s Missing Sugar’, Journal of Economic History, 81:2, pp. 513-548. (Download)
Rooth, T. (1985) ‘Trade Agreements and the Evolution of British Agricultural Policy in the 1930s’, in Agricultural History Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1985, pp. 173-190. (Download.)
Swinnen, Johan F. M. (2002) ‘Transition and integration in Europe: Implications for agricultural and food markets, policy, and trade agreements’, in The World Economy, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 2002, pp. 481-501. (Download.)
Van Zanden, J. L. (1991) “The first green revolution: the growth of production and productivity in European agriculture, 1870-1914”, The Economic History Review, XLIV:2, pp. 215-239.
Wrigley, E.A. (1988) ’The Limits to Growth: Malthus and the Classical Economists’ in Population and Development Review, Vol. 14, pp. 30-48. (Download)
academic year 2024/2025
20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics (LB0114-40099)
2025-06-01 - 2025-06-22
academic year 2023/2024
20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics (LB0114-40154)
2024-05-26 - 2024-06-16
academic year 2022/2023
20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics (LB0114-40067)
2023-05-28 - 2023-06-18
academic year 2021/2022
20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics (LB0114-40117)
2022-05-29 - 2022-06-19
academic year 2020/2021
20th Century Agricultural Economy and Politics (LB0114-40101)
2021-05-30 - 2021-06-20
Contact
- Course coordinator
- Patrick Svensson
- Examiner
- Patrick Svensson