Rice Politics in Southeast Asia

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-62464-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Rice is the foremost foodstuff in terms of caloric intake for Southeast Asians and for bolstering national food security, yet writings on the region's politics have overlooked the crucial role rice production programs have played in shaping signal political and development outcomes. In this comparative historical analysis, Jamie S. Davidson argues that the performance legitimacy stemming from the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, along with the formation of rice import regimes, best explain durable rice protectionism in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the region's large rice importers. Even though the direct effects of the Green Revolution eventually faded, he demonstrates that past policy success can inform policymaking for decades after remarkable sectoral performance subsides. This innovative account and its conclusions will be of interest to scholars and students of development studies, comparative political economy and Asian studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Jamie S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Preconditions and Revolutionary Change: 1. Predicaments of the pre-green revolution period; 2. The green revolution: performance success; Part II. Post-Green Revolution Rice Import Regimes: 3. Malaysia: continuity amid innovation; 4. Indonesia: persistence personified; 5. The Philippines: breaking the model; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Davidson, Jamie S.
Jamie S. Davidson teaches political science at the National University of Singapore where he also heads the Asia Research Institute's Food Politics and Society cluster.