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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
When Neoliberalization Meets Clientelism: Housing Policies for Low- and Middle-Income Housing in Bangkok
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The need of providing concrete solutions to solving housing problems in Thailand led to the establishment of the National Housing Authority in 1973. The role of this public agency was undermined, however, by the government’s financial viability, while the private housing sector came to thrive. The financial liberalization and steady economic growth boosting private sector housing investments in response to greater housing demands of the urbanites may represent neoliberal transformation. This chapter contends that this notion is equivocal. An investigation of two public housing policies for low- and middle-income groups in Bangkok introduced during Thaksin’s regime in the 2000s reveals that housing populism supporting the legitimacy of the ruling political clout mediates Thailand’s housing development between the neoliberal influence and clientelism.