Noen sentrale begreper - definisjoner

Om landbrukspolitiske prosesser	Greer: The Agricultural policy process in EU (2005) {20s} (Her)
Om legitimitet	“At noe har legitimitet vil si at det er bredt akseptert, enten fordi det er godkjent i lov eller fordi det av andre grunner anses rettmessig eller rettferdig. Ofte kan det som har sterk støtte i folkemeningen bli ansett som legitimt, selv om det ikke alltid vil gjelde.” (snl.no) To alternative synspunkt på landbrukspolitikk og legitimitet Bjørn Sæbø, RA: “Landbrukspolitikkens legitimitet henger i relativt tynne tråder som matvaresikkerhet, miljøargumenter og ivaretakelse av distriktene” (2011) (Her) Helene Bank & Øyvind Aukrust: -Fôrimport undergraver landbrukspolitikkens legitimitet (2012) (Her)
Politics (wikipedia)	«Politics (from Greek: politikos, meaning "of, for, or relating to citizens") is the art or science of influencing other people on a civic or individual level. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control over a human community, particularly a state. … A variety of methods is employed in politics, which include promoting its own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising force, including warfare against adversaries. … A political system is a framework which defines acceptable political methods within a given society.” (Her)
Policy (Wikipedia)	“A policy is a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.” (Her) “Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.” (Her)

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