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UNINA9910783166803321 |
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Autore |
Ross Michael Lewin <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia / / Michael L. Ross |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
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1-107-12163-9 |
1-280-43005-2 |
9786610430055 |
0-511-17581-7 |
0-511-04119-5 |
0-511-15647-2 |
0-511-30257-6 |
0-511-51035-7 |
0-511-04686-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Political economy of institutions and decisions |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-228). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Scholars have long studied how institutions emerge and become stable. But why do institutions sometimes break down? In this book, Michael L. Ross explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states. He shows that these institutions |
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