In situ off-farm work in the transport industry among oil palm smallholders in Sabah: Negotiating the borders of licit and illegal activities

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-57

  Cooke, Fadzilah Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Metaphoric borders; Oil palm; Roads; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

LAW ENFORCEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 63549084557     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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