Palm oil wealth and rumour panics in West Kalimantan

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-252

  Semedi, Pujo ^a  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

moral panics; palm oil cultivation; plantations; rural agricultural; West Kalimantan

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CULTIVATION; ETHNIC GROUP; MARGINALIZATION; PLANTATION; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; VEGETABLE OIL;

INDONESIA; WEST KALIMANTAN;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84903161962     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2014.901240     Document Type: Article

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