Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley

This article examines the institutional matrix associated with logging and forest pioneering in a district on Sumatra. It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. The article argues that the govern...

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Autor principal: McCarthy, J.F.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19056
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description This article examines the institutional matrix associated with logging and forest pioneering in a district on Sumatra. It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. The article argues that the governance of local natural resources and the current epidemic of ‘illegal logging’ can be understood in terms of the particular institutional or socio-political structures found in remote forested areas.
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spelling CGSpace190562025-01-24T14:12:54Z Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley McCarthy, J.F. logging illicit logging forest management institutions customary law state intervention anthropology This article examines the institutional matrix associated with logging and forest pioneering in a district on Sumatra. It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. The article argues that the governance of local natural resources and the current epidemic of ‘illegal logging’ can be understood in terms of the particular institutional or socio-political structures found in remote forested areas. 2002 2012-06-04T09:09:05Z 2012-06-04T09:09:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19056 en McCarthy, J.F. 2002. Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley . Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 33 (1) :77-106.
spellingShingle logging
illicit logging
forest management
institutions
customary law
state intervention
anthropology
McCarthy, J.F.
Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title_full Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title_fullStr Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title_full_unstemmed Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title_short Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
title_sort power and interest on sumatra s rainforest frontier clientelist coalitions illegal logging and conservation in the alas valley
topic logging
illicit logging
forest management
institutions
customary law
state intervention
anthropology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19056
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