Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy, Institutions and Stability; 3. Policy Outcomes; 4. Food, Policy and Unrest; 5. Agricultural Rents and Regime Durability; 6. Germany, 1878 - 1890; 7. Malaysia, 1969 - 1980; 8. Conclusion.

Agricultural policy is a key determinant of development outcomes and has large effects on global trade flows. However, scholars cannot fully explain variation in these policies because they have not examined how they are made under authoritarian governments. I argue that agricultural policy...