Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / Michael L. Ross.
Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / Michael L. Ross.
Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / Michael L. Ross.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N333.75137/ 4
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English
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xvi, 237 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"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 o...
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Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / Michael L. Ross.
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Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-228).
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N333.75137/ 4
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74VvjA0jZlEb
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0521791677
9780521791670
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333.751370959
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991015237839702626
