Relationships of Large-Scale Farming Scheme and Political Regime from 2014 to 2018: A Case Study of Large-Scale Farming in the Eastern Region, Thailand

Main Article Content

Weera Wongsatjachock

Abstract

This article aims to study two issues. First, the research studies the large-scale farming policy under the circumstance of Thai political regime between 2014 and 2018. Second, the research demonstrates the relationship between the large-scale farming policy process and bureaucracy in the Eastern region by using non-democratic political mechanisms. In terms of conceptual framework, the research article uses the approach of non-democratic regime and policy process to analyze situations of political regime from 2014 to 2018. To collect data, research methods consist of documentary reviews, in-depth interviews, and focus groups in the eastern region, including six groups in three provinces (Chachoengsao, Chonburi, and Rayong). In the case of the large-scale farming policy, the finding shows that economic development of non-democratic government from 2014 to 2018 needs efficient decision-making and outcomes in a short period of time. This is because of three reasons: 1) the government required performance legitimacy, 2) state and politics of expertise supported farmer organizations rather than products, and 3) non-democratic executive power employed policy. According to field study, the large-scale farming policy has both successes and failures because the process of policy implementation. This is why policy process changes gradually rather than implements instantly as the government decided.

Article Details

How to Cite
Wongsatjachock, W. . (2021). Relationships of Large-Scale Farming Scheme and Political Regime from 2014 to 2018: A Case Study of Large-Scale Farming in the Eastern Region, Thailand. Political Science and Public Administration Journal, 12(2), 1–22. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/polscicmujournal/article/view/200855
Section
Research Article

References

กรมการค้าภายใน. (2557). คำสั่งคณะรักษาความสงบแห่งชาติที่ 172/2557 เรื่อง แต่งตั้งคณะกรรมการนโยบายและบริหารจัดการข้าว. สืบค้นเมื่อ 21 มิถุนายน 2561, จาก http://www.dit.go.th/Content.aspx?m=21&c=119

กรมการปกครอง. (2559). คู่มือการดำเนินงานโครงการยกระดับศักยภาพหมู่บ้านเพื่อขับเคลื่อนเศรษฐกิจฐานรากตามแนวทางประชารัฐ. กรุงเทพฯ: กรมการปกครองกระทรวงมหาดไทย.

กระทรวงเกษตรและสหกรณ์. (2559). คู่มือการดำเนินงานระบบส่งเสริมการเกษตรแบบแปลงใหญ่. กรุงเทพฯ: กระทรวงเกษตรและสหกรณ์.

______. (ม.ป.ป.). ระบบส่งเสริมการเกษตรแบบแปลงใหญ่. สืบค้นเมื่อ 21 มิถุนายน 2561, จาก https://ssnet.doae.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ 1.ระบบส่งเสริมการเกษตรแบบแปลงใหญ่.pdf

นิพนธ์ พัวพงศกร. (2556). ยุทธศาสตร์ข้าวไทย การวิจัยพัฒนาข้าวไทยและการมองไปข้างหน้า. กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักงานกองทุนสนับสนุนการวิจัย.

Fischer, F. (2009). Democracy and Expertise: Reorienting Policy Inquiry. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gandhi, J. (2008). Political Institutions under Dictatorship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gandhi, J., & Przeworski, A. (2007). Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats. Comparative Political Studies, 40(11), 1279-1301.

Huntington, S. P. (1957). The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Johnson, C. (1982). MITI and Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Levitsky, S., & Way, L. A. (2010). Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Linz, J. J. (2000). Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Linz, J. J., & Stepan, A. C. (2001). Chapter 8: Toward Consolidated Democracies. In Diamond, L. & Plattner, M. F. (Eds.). The Global Divergence of Democracies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lipset, S. M. (1959). Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy. The American Political Science Review, 53(1), 69-105.

Nasir, K. M., & Turner, B. S. (2013). Governing as Gardening: Reflections on Soft Authoritarian-ism in Singapore Journal of Citizenship Studies, 17, 339-352.

O'Donnell, G. A. (1988). Bureaucratic Authoritarianism: Argentina, 1966-1973. In McGuire, J., & Flory, R. (Trans). Comparative Perspective. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press.

Olson, M. (1993). Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development. The American Political Science Review, 87(3), 567-576.

Schedler, A. (2010). Authoritarianism's Last Line of Defense. Journal of Democracy, 21(1), 69-80.

Schumpeter, J. (2003). Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. In Dahl, R. A., Shapiro, I., & Cheibub, J. A. (Eds.). The Democracy Sourcebook (pp. 5-11). Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Wongsatjachock, W. (2015). Politics of Expertise and Democratization in Thai Rice Policy: A Case Study of Rice Pledging Scheme. (Master Dissertation), Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.