Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gvvz8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T11:19:06.031Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Power and Interest on Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier: Clientelist Coalitions, Illegal Logging and Conservation in the Alas Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2002

John F. McCarthy
John F. McCarthy
Affiliation:
The Van Vollenhoven Instituut of Leiden University, Rapenburg 33, 2311GG, Leiden, The Netherlands. mccarthyjohn@hotmail.com
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This article examines the institutional matrix associated with logging and forest pioneering in a district on Sumatra. It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. The article argues that the governance of local natural resources and the current epidemic of ‘illegal logging’ can be understood in terms of the particular institutional or socio-political structures found in remote forested areas.

Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 77 - 106
Copyright
© 2002 The National University of Singapore

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)