Food and Power: Regime Type, Agricultural Policy, and Political Stability

ISBN-13: 9781108701594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 251 str.

Henry (Arizona State University) Thomson

Opis

Explains how economic development leads to democracy by exploring how authoritarian governments manipulate the agricultural sector.

Recenzje

'To conclude, Food and Power impresses with its massive amount of empirical evidence and highly detailed approach to analysis. Its argument is both eminently reasonable and, at times, intriguingly counterintuitive. It was a pleasure to read and should be of considerable interest to scholars of authoritarianism and political economy of development.' Brian Palmer-Rubin, Governance

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Policy, institutions and stability; 3. Policy outcomes; 4. Food, policy and unrest; 5. Agricultural rents and regime durability; 6. Germany, 1878–1890; 7. Malaysia, 1969–1980; 8. Conclusion.