The Palm Oil Controversy in Southeast Asia : : A Transnational Perspective / / ed. by Oliver Pye, Jayati Bhattacharya.

"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 trans...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (283 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
FOREWORD --
PREFACE --
CONTRIBUTORS --
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1. Introduction --
2. Malaysian Corporations as Strategic Players in Southeast Asia’s Palm Oil Industry --
3. The Political Ecology of the Indonesian Palm Oil Industry --
4. Evolutionary Change in the Oil Palm Plantation Sector in Riau province, Sumatra --
5. Contradictions of Palm Oil Promotion in the Philippines --
6. The Political Economy of Migration and Flexible Labour Regimes: The Case of the Oil Palm Industry in Malaysia --
7. Migration and Moral Panic: The Case of Oil Palm in Sabah, East Malaysia --
8. Reconciling Development, Conservation, and Social Justice in West Kalimantan --
9. An Analysis of Transnational Environmental Campaigning around Palm Oil --
10. EU Biofuel Policies and their Implications for Southeast Asia --
11. Leveraging Product and Capital Flows to Promote Sustainability in the Palm Oil Industry --
12. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent? Indigenous Peoples and the Palm Oil Boom in Indonesia --
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Summary:"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 global warming, human rights abuses, land grabbing and biodiversity loss, now need to be complemented by legal, regulatory and governance reforms to be effective." - Marcus Colchester, Director, Forest Peoples Programme
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789814311458
9783110649772
9783111024707
9783110663006
9783110606683
DOI:10.1355/9789814311458
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Oliver Pye, Jayati Bhattacharya.