The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage (Routledge Malaysian Studies, 17, Band 17) - Softcover

Varkkey, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815355114 ISBN 13: 9780815355113

Verlag: Routledge, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Despite the efforts of Southeast Asian governments and of ASEAN, transboundary haze continues to be a major environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This book demonstrates that the issue is complex, and explains why efforts to solve the problem in purely political terms are ineffective, and likely to continue to be ineffective. The book shows how state-led, state-incentivised agribusiness development lies at the heart of the problem, leading to a large rise in palm oil production, with extensive clearing of forests by burning, and the resulting haze. The author concludes by discussing the huge difficulties involved in overturning the system of 'patronage politics'.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Helena Varkkey is a senior lecturer in the Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0815355114
• ISBN 13: 9780815355113
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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