Pockets of participation: Bureaucratic incentives and participatory irrigation management in Thailand

• Main Author: RICKS, Jacob
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Participatory Resource Management; Irrigation; Street-level Bureaucrats; Public Participation; Thailand; Asian Studies; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2384; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3641/viewcontent/Art8_2_10.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Despite a history of participatory policies, Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has had little success in developing water user organisations (WUOs) capable of facilitating cooperation between farmers and the irrigation agency. Even so, pockets of participation exist. What can explain thes...