When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge

During the last decades the role of the state in governance of Global Value Chains (GVC) for sustainability has been largely ignored. This paper contributes to the re‐centering the state in GVC analysis. We provide an analysis of the rise and fall of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP). IPOP is a...

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Main Authors: Dermawan, A., Hospes, O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112017
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description During the last decades the role of the state in governance of Global Value Chains (GVC) for sustainability has been largely ignored. This paper contributes to the re‐centering the state in GVC analysis. We provide an analysis of the rise and fall of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP). IPOP is a commitment of some biggest palm oil companies towards zero‐deforestation in Indonesia, but was dissolved after serious critique from the Government of Indonesia (GoI). Our question is: why and how did the GoI decide to put an end to the IPOP? We show that the GoI orchestrated the IPOP's demise by framing it as a danger to smallholder development, as not acknowledging public standards, and as an illegal cartel. The GoI's counter‐framing re‐asserts its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization. We argue that when a state perceives that when non‐state‐driven GVC governance threatens its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization, it will engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors. More specifically, collective action of non‐state actors can particularly trigger a state to engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors.
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spelling CGSpace1120172024-08-27T10:37:11Z When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge Dermawan, A. Hospes, O. oil palms supply chain governance deforestation During the last decades the role of the state in governance of Global Value Chains (GVC) for sustainability has been largely ignored. This paper contributes to the re‐centering the state in GVC analysis. We provide an analysis of the rise and fall of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP). IPOP is a commitment of some biggest palm oil companies towards zero‐deforestation in Indonesia, but was dissolved after serious critique from the Government of Indonesia (GoI). Our question is: why and how did the GoI decide to put an end to the IPOP? We show that the GoI orchestrated the IPOP's demise by framing it as a danger to smallholder development, as not acknowledging public standards, and as an illegal cartel. The GoI's counter‐framing re‐asserts its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization. We argue that when a state perceives that when non‐state‐driven GVC governance threatens its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization, it will engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors. More specifically, collective action of non‐state actors can particularly trigger a state to engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors. 2018-10 2021-03-08T08:16:28Z 2021-03-08T08:16:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112017 en Open Access Wiley Dermawan, A., Hospes, O. 2018. When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge. Global Policy, 9 (S2): 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12619
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When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge
title When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge
title_full When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge
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title_short When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge
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topic oil palms
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governance
deforestation
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