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Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia
- Title
- Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / Michael L. Ross.
- Author
- Ross, Michael Lewin, 1961-
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | SD387.E58 R67 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 237 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores three puzzles: Why did the Indonesian, Malaysian, and Philippine governments disastrously mismanage their forests? Why have the governments of many developing states done the same? And why do states generally squander their natural resources?" "In this study, Michael L. Ross draws on the new institutional economics, the theory of rent-seeking, and examples from Southeast Asia to show how the volatility of international markets can damage the institutions of developing states - and lead to the plunder of natural resources."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Uniform Title
- Political economy of institutions and decisions
- Subject
- Forest management > Environmental aspects > Southeast Asia
- Forest policy > Environmental aspects > Southeast Asia
- Logging > Economic aspects > Southeast Asia
- Timber > Economic aspects > Southeast Asia
- Rent (Economic theory)
- economic rent
- 48.44 forest exploitation
- 83.15 institutional economics
- Forest management > Environmental aspects
- Forest policy > Environmental aspects
- Logging > Economic aspects
- Timber > Economic aspects
- Holzeinschlag
- Ökologie
- Wirtschaftspolitik
- Ecologische aspecten
- Wanbeleid
- Forêts > Exploitation > Asie du Sud-Est
- Politique forestière > Asie du Sud-Est
- Bois > Commercialisation > Asie du Sud-Est
- Exploitation forestière
- Gestion forestière
- Impact environnemental
- Politique forestière
- Rente (Théorie économique)
- Southeast Asia
- Südostasien
- Asie du Sud-Est
- Indonésie
- Malaisie
- Philippines
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-228) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Three Puzzles -- 2. The Problem of Resource Booms -- 3. Explaining Institutional Breakdown -- 4. The Philippines: The Legal Slaughter of the Forests -- 5. Sabah, Malaysia: A New State of Affairs -- 6. Sarawak, Malaysia: An Almost Uncontrollable Instinct -- 7. Indonesia: Putting the Forests to "Better Use" -- 8. Conclusion: Rent Seeking and Rent Seizing.
- ISBN
- 0521791677
- 9780521791670
- LCCN
- 00037922
- OCLC
- ocm43851459
- 43851459
- SCSB-1203114
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library