Re-encountering resistance: Plantation activism and smallholder production in Thailand and Sarawak, Malaysia

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-339

  Barney, Keith ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plantations; Resistance; Smallholder production; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULAR PROTEST; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 11044232345     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2004.t01-1-00244.x     Document Type: Article

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