Policies, political-economy, and Swidden in southeast asia

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-322

  Fox, Jefferson ^a   Fujita, Yayoi ^b   Ngidang, Dimbab ^c   Peluso, Nancy ^d   Potter, Lesley ^e   Sakuntaladewi, Niken ^f   Sturgeon, Janet ^g   Thomas, David ^h  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Policies; Political ecology; Political economy; Southeast asia; Swidden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; NATION STATE; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67651174310     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9240-7     Document Type: Article

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