Power to make land dispossession acceptable: A policy discourse analysis of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE), Papua, Indonesia

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-50

  Ito, Takeshi ^a   Rachman, Noer Fauzi ^b   Savitri, Laksmi A ^c,d  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sajogyo Institute for Indonesian Agrarian Studies and Documentation   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

agrarian environments; capital; discourse analysis; food and energy estate; Indonesia; land grab; state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893929369     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.873029     Document Type: Article

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