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Beschreibung

Rightless Resistance investigates why resistance to land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. Based on an unprecedented study of 150 such conflicts, this book uncovers how villagers fight back against palm oil companies, and what their struggles reveal about power, law, and citizenship in postcolonial Indonesia.

Enduring colonial legacies and collusive politics have left rural Indonesians virtually rightless, so villagers turn to customary traditions and social norms instead of formal law – a strategy that rarely gets results. By analyzing this resistance to corporate land grabbing, Ward Berenschot, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Afrizal, and Otto Hospes offer a new perspective on why land rights movements often fall short. When the legal system is unreliable, people aim lower—and the deeper power imbalances facilitating their dispossession go unchallenged.

Rightless Resistance investigates why resistance to land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. Based on an unprecedented study of 150 such conflicts, this book uncovers how villagers fight back against palm oil companies, and what their struggles reveal about power, law, and citizenship in postcolonial Indonesia.

Enduring colonial legacies and collusive politics have left rural Indonesians virtually rightless, so villagers turn to customary traditions and social norms instead of formal law – a strategy that rarely gets results. By analyzing this resistance to corporate land grabbing, Ward Berenschot, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Afrizal, and Otto Hospes offer a new perspective on why land rights movements often fall short. When the legal system is unreliable, people aim lower—and the deeper power imbalances facilitating their dispossession go unchallenged.

Über den Autor

Ward Berenschot is Professor of Comparative Political Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at KITLV Leiden. He is the author of Riot Politics and coauthor of Democracy for Sale.

Ahmad Dhiaulhaq is Head of Research and Data Integrity at the World Resources Institute Indonesia.

Afrizal is Professor of Political Science at Andalas University in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Otto Hospes is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Governance at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781501785948
ISBN-10: 150178594X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bedner, Adriaan
Afrizal
Dhiaulhaq, Ahmad
Peterson, Daniel
Hospes, Otto
Berenschot, Ward
Hersteller: Cornell University Press
Cornell Modern Indonesia Project
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 151 x 229 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Adriaan Bedner (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2026
Gewicht: 0,47 kg
Artikel-ID: 135419070

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