Fishing for Development? Tuna Resource Access and Industrial Change in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 413-435

  Havice, Elizabeth ^a   Reed, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial change; International division of labour; Obligated embeddedness; Papua New Guinea; Resource access; Tuna

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FISHING INDUSTRY; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; TUNA FISHERY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84857953823     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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