Tree plantations, politics of possession and the absence of land grabs in Vietnam

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1077-1101

  Sikor, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agrarian political economy; crop booms; everyday processes of state formation; fast growing tree plantations; possession; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; TREE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84861913419     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.674943     Document Type: Article

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