Irrigation and Agricultural Politics in South Korea

This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function. Thus a great deal is revealed about the relationships and power struggles that exist between government and the people and between central and local authorities.

Sommario

1 State control and irrigation; 2 South Korean agriculture, administration and irrigation; 3 SY (a pseudonym) Farmland Improvement Association; 4 The organization of main functions; 5 The farmers and the system; 6 SY FLIA as government bureaucracy and social group: 7 Irrigation reform and the comparative study of irrigation organization; 8 State control and interpretations of South Korean development.

Info autore

Robert Wade Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, UK.

Riassunto

This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function. Thus a great deal is revealed about the relationships and power struggles that exist between government and the people and between central and local authorities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: WADE, Robert Wade, Wade Robert
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367018887
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01888-7
• Pagine: 192
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Property & real estate, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Property and real estate