Politics and the price of rice in Thailand: Public choice, institutional change and rural subsidies

Politics and the price of rice in Thailand: Public choice, institutional change and rural subsidies

Despite the Thai state’s long record of rice market interventions, historically politicians failed to leverage rice subsidies in their pursuit of political support, notwithstanding the large number of farmers in the country. Since Thaksin Shinawatra’s election in 2001, though, each government has su...

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Main Author: RICKS, Jacob
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
Subjects:
Rice Politics
Institutions
Paddy Pledging Scheme
Rural Development
Thailand
Populism
Asian Studies
Political Economy
Rural Sociology
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2408
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3665/viewcontent/2017_03_06_RicePolitics_ForSharing.pdf
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