| The Fourth Circle: A Political Ecology of Sumatraas Rainforest Frontier Contributor(s): McCarthy, John F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804752117 ISBN-13: 9780804752114 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: This book addresses the politics of environmental change in one of the richest areas of tropical rainforest in Indonesia. Based on field studies conducted in three agricultural communities in rural Aceh, this work considers a number of questions: How do customary (adat) village and state institutions work? What roles do they play in managing local resources? How have they evolved over time? Are villagers, state policies, or corrupt local networks responsible for the loss of tropical rainforest? Will better outcomes emerge from revitalizing customary management, from changing state policies, or from transforming the way the state works? And why do projects designed by outsiders so often fail? The book describes how, as key actors interact, they create arrangements that effectively manage local resources, eclipsing adat and formal state management structures. While outside interventions try to work with adat and the state, they fail to engage fully with the main problem--that is, that district webs of power and interest, coalescing around local resources and reaching into the wider society, lead inexorably to environmental decline. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 333.750 |
| LCCN: 2005025804 |
| Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.36" W x 9.02" (1.38 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the political, legal, and economic dynamics shaping environmental outcomes across two districts in Aceh, one of the richest and most expansive areas of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia. Its central theme is that the present cycle of ecological decline can best be understood in terms of the way political, economic and social forces operate at the district level. |