"People, Planet & Profit": Consumer-Oriented Hegemony and Power Relations in Palm Oil and Agrofuel Certification

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 370-390

  Pichler, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

agrofuels; consumer oriented hegemony; palm oil; RSPO; strategic selectivities; transnational network state

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; HEGEMONY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POWER RELATIONS; SMALLHOLDER; STAKEHOLDER; VEGETABLE OIL;

EID: 84888261853     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496513502967     Document Type: Article

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