Varkkey - The haze problem in Southeast Asia: palm oil and patronage

Published in association with Malaysian Social Science Association (MSSA)

Series Editors:
Mohammed Hazim Shah, University of Malaya
Shamsul A.B., University Kebangsaan Malaysia
Terence Gomez, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva

The Routledge Malaysian Studies Series publishes high quality scholarship that provides important new contributions to knowledge on Malaysia. It also signals research that spans comparative studies, involving the Malaysian experience with that of other nations.

This series, initiated by the Malaysian Social Science Association (MSSA) to promote study of contemporary and historical issues in Malaysia, and designed to respond to the growing need to publish important research, also serves as a forum for debate on key issues in Malaysian society. As an academic series, it will be used to generate new theoretical debates in the social sciences and on processes of change in this society.

The Routledge Malaysian Studies Series will cover a broad range of subjects including history, politics, economics, sociology, international relations, geography, business, education, religion, literature, culture and ethnicity. The series will encourage work adopting an interdisciplinary approach.

1 The State of Malaysia

Ethnicity, equity and reform

Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez

2 Feminism and the Womens Movement in Malaysia

An unsung (r)evolution

Cecilia Ng, Maznah Mohamad and tan beng hui

3 Governments and Markets in East Asia

The politics of economic crises

Jungug Choi

4 Health Care in Malaysia

The dynamics of provision, financing and access

Edited by Chee Heng Leng and Simon Barraclough

5 Politics in Malaysia

The Malay dimension

Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez

6 Privatization in Malaysia

Regulation, rent-seeking and policy failure

Jeff Tan

7 The State, Development and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Societies

Ethnicity, equity and the nation

Edited by Nicholas Tarling and Edmund Terence Gomez

8 Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore

Edited by Daniel P.S. Goh, Matilda Gabrielpillai, Philip Holden and Gaik Cheng Khoo

9 Media, Culture and Society in Malaysia

Edited by Yeoh Seng Guan

10 Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia

Edited by Johan Saravanamuttu

11 Malaysias Development Challenges

Graduating from the middle

Edited by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

12 Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia

Frederik Holst

13 Malaysia and the Developing World

The Asian Tiger on the Cinnamon Road

Jan Stark

14 Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict

Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Ralph Premdas

15 The Other Kuala Lumpur

Living in the shadows of a globalising Southeast Asian city

Edited by Yeoh Seng Guan

16 Government-Linked Companies and Sustainable, Equitable Development

Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez, Franois Bafoil and Cheong Kee Cheok

17 The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia

Palm oil and patronage

Helena Varkkey

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Varkkey, Helena, author.
The haze problem in Southeast Asia : palm oil and patronage /
Helena Varkkey.
pages cm (Routledge Malaysian studies series ; 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. AirPollutionPolitical aspectsSoutheast Asia. 2. Haze
Environmental aspectsSoutheast Asia. 3. Environmental
protectionPolitical aspectsSoutheast Asia. I. Title. II. Series:
Routledge Malaysian studies series ; 17.
RA576.7.A85V37 2015
363.73920959dc23
2015002876

ISBN: 978-1-138-85864-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-71781-4 (ebk)

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