Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2017
Abstract
Policy reforms are difficult for developing states, especially when they are meant to improve cooperation and collaboration between private citizens and state officials, such as in the case of education, health care provision, business-state relations, and policing. A large part of this challenge is that the policy reforms required for coproduction of services necessitate development of state capacity in new directions. Using the substantive issue of irrigation reforms, especially those aimed at improving service provision and farmer participation, I identify three lessons for reformers regarding the implementation of policy for the coproduction of services. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Thailand and Indonesia, as well as the experience of the National Irrigation Administration in the Philippines, I emphasize the importance of street-level bureaucrats. The lessons drawn from irrigation policy are comparable to other practice-intensive state activities.
Keywords
bureaucracy, irrigation, policy reform, Southeast Asia, street-level bureaucrats, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia
Discipline
Models and Methods | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Asian Politics and Policy
Volume
9
Issue
2
First Page
310
Last Page
319
ISSN
1943-0779
Identifier
10.1111/aspp.12319
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
RICKS, Jacob I..(2017). Street-level bureaucrats and irrigation policy reform in Southeast Asia. Asian Politics and Policy, 9(2), 310-319.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2144
Copyright Owner and License
Author
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12319