Title:
The political economy of decentralization in Thailand : does decentralization allow for peasant participation? : paper
Authors:
Dufhues, Thomas
Place:
[St. Paul, MN
Publisher:
University of Minnesota. Waite library. AgEcon search]
Year:
2011
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
decentralization in government, popular participation, small farms, elite, public administration, bureaucracy, political aspects, thailand
Abstract:
The apparent interdependence of decentralisation and smallholder participation is studied, using the case of the Tambon Administration Organisation in Thailand. Since 1990, decentralization and recentralization have alternated. Elite capture and the bureaucracy prevented effective particaption.
URL:
http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/114428/2/Dufhues_Thomas_106.pdf
Document type:
Portal