The Palm Oil Controversy in Southeast Asia : A Transnational Perspective


Oliver. Pye
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies , 2013
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1 online resource (308 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction by Oliver Pye; 2. Malaysian Coporations as Strategic Players in Southeast Asia's Palm Oil Industry by Teoh Cheng Hai; 3. The Political Ecology of the Indonesia Palm Oil Industry: A Critical Analysis by Norman Jiwan; 4. Evolutionary Change in the Oil Palm Plantation Sector in Riau Province, Sumatra by Junji Nagata and Sachiho W. Arai; 5. Contradictions of Palm Oil Promotion in the Philippines by Mary Luz Menguita-Feranil. - 11. Leveraging Product and Capital Flows to Promote Sustainability in the Palm Oil Industry by Eric Wakker12. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent? Indigenous Peoples and the Palm Oil Boom in Indonesia by Patrick Anderson; Index; Photo plates. - 6. The Political Economy of Migration and Flexible Labour Regimes: The Case of the Oil Palm Industry in Malaysia by Johan Saravanamuttu7. Migration and Moral Panic: The Case of Oil Palm in Sabah, East Malaysia by Fadzilah Majid Cooke and Dayang Suria Mulia; 8. Reconciling Development, Conservation, and Social Justice in West Kalimantan by Oetami Dewi; 9. An Analysis of Transnational Environmental Campaigning around Palm Oil by Oliver Pye; 10. EU Biofuel Policies and Their Implications for Southeast Asia by Joana Chiavari. - ""This engaged and vital edited volume brings together the varied viewpoints of academics, consultants and activists all concerned with the astonishing expansion of palm oil as a globally traded commodity. It reveals how this complex, contested and controversial expression of globalization transcends narrow national and sectoral interests, stimulating a transnational exchange of goods, capital and labour, as well as laws, norms, values and even understanding. Compelling, readable and insightful, the study shows that corporate responses to civil society's concerns about palm oil's role in globa
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Sørøst-Asia : (NO-TrBIB)HUME02148
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9789814311441

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