Agricultural Land Policy in Global Economic Restructuring Taiwan:“De-regulation”?or“Failure of Re-regulation”?
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Shih, Po-Jung
Abstract
Researchers of Globalization have observed on the institutional reform of East Asian “Developmental State” form 1990 century. They pointed out that the phenomenon of “de-regulation” was a pivotal tendency of the reform. It means that the role of “State” have replaced by “market” which based on the theories/conscious of neoclassical economics or Neoliberalism. This essay aims to the agricultural land policy in global economic restructuring Taiwan. After analysis the discourse of agricultural land policy, include Agricultural Land Release Scheme (1995), White Paper on Agricultural Policy (1995), Agricultural Development Act (2000), and Rural Regeneration Act (2010), the author also try to analysis the actual situation of Changhua County’s agricultural land development, for instance, the author focused on the spatial transformation of land and some controversies in recent years, such as “Cadmium Rice”, “KuoKuang Petrochemical Project” and “4th Stage of Central Taiwan Science Park”. Findings out of the essays are as follow. At first, the government established that “maintaining agriculture” as the key prerequisite of all reform from 1980 century. However, the actual situation of Changhua County’s agricultural land development is a large area of agricultural land has been changed to industrial areas, even contaminated. Second, the “Agriculture incubates Industry” still is the center conscious of government. Third, although the primary discourse of agricultural land policy is removing the regulation of agricultural land transfer and use (Farmland Farmer has, Farmland Farmer use), but this does not mean that “State disappeared”. The author pointed out that reform of Taiwan’s agricultural land policy does not appear the tendency of “de-regulation”, and it still have many innovative institutions be formulated. Such as “Total Quantity Control System” in Agricultural Development Act and “Integrated Farmland Consolidation” in Rural Regeneration Act. These institutions can be regarded as a “re-regulation” process. However, these innovative institutions have not been implemented, and it is as a result of such institutions cause of controversy and misgivings of interference with private ownership of land property, Such as the land expropriation controversy of “Xianxiliao village” and the event of legal provision of “Integrated Farmland Consolidation” have been deleted the conclusive evidence. To sum up, (1) the Taiwan’s agricultural land policy reform and its results from 1990 century can be perceived and recognized as “Failure of re-regulation” (2) “Failure of re-regulation” also reflects that crisis of legitimacy of the State.
Subjects
global economic restructuring
globalization
agricultural land policy
de-regulation
legitimacy crisis
Type
thesis
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