Violent enclosures, violated livelihoods: environmental and military territoriality in a Philippine frontier

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 323-345

  Dressler, Wolfram H ^a   Guieb, Eulalio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

enclosure; governance; Palawan; peasants

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROTECTED AREA; TERRITORIALITY; VIOLENCE;

MIMAROPA; PALAWAN [MIMAROPA]; PALAWAN [PALAWAN (PRV)]; PHILIPPINES; PUERTO PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN RIVER NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84926261615     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.991718     Document Type: Article

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