University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 9-2012 Organic Farming and Rural Transformations in the European Union: A Political Economy approach Charalampos Konstantinidis University of Massachusetts Amherst,
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[email protected]. ORGANIC FARMING AND RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH A Dissertation Presented by CHARALAMPOS KONSTANTINIDIS Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY September 2012 Department of Economics c Copyright by Charalampos Konstantinidis 2012 All Rights Reserved ORGANIC FARMING AND RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH A Dissertation Presented by CHARALAMPOS KONSTANTINIDIS Approved as to style and content by: James K. Boyce, Co-chair Mwangi wa Githinji, Co-chair Krista Harper, Member Michael Ash, Department Chair Department of Economics In the memory of my grandfathers, Charalampos and Stratos ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing a dissertation is usually a long and painful process. However, in my experience, it wasn't always a lonely one. I feel the need to thank the people who made this journey easier (and joyful at times).