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The Nordic Asia Podcast

Thailand's Rice Politics with Jacob Ricks

29 min • 20 januari 2021

In this fascinating episode, Jacob Ricks joins Petra Desatova to talk about the politics of rice and rice prices in Thailand. Why is rice such a politically significant subject in Thailand? How have the different incarnations of the state rice policy shaped Thailand's political direction since the Second World War? And what role did rice play in the country's latest 2014 military coup? 

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