Movement of Indigenous Communities Targeting an Agro-Industrial Investment in North-Eastern Cambodia

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ID12834758
AuthorsSokphea Young (0000-0001-7415-6380, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume44
Issue1-2
Pages187-213
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian journal of social science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1568-4849 • E-ISSN: 2212-3857
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1163/15685314-04401008
OpenAlexW2282746758
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited20

This study examines the dynamics and outcomes of movements by indigenous communities that targeted an agro-industrial investment demanding remedy to adverse impacts on their socio-economic conditions. Since the employment of initial institutional tactics, such as peaceful protests and petitions, yielded no significant outcomes, the indigenous communities escalated their tactics to non-institutional tactics: Violent protests. To respond, the government chose a combination of partial repression and moderate concession. To address the government responses, as well as the demands of indigenous communities, the company mitigated most of the adverse socio-economic impacts. As a result, the indigenous communities were able to achieve most of their demands. This paper, therefore, concludes by arguing that tactical escalation of indigenous community movements from institutional to non-institutional tactics influences the government and company to address the demands of indigenous communities, and also shapes the behaviour of the company operating in a host country with lax and uncertain regulatory enforcement

Asian studies · Business · China · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Investment (military · Political science · Politics · Cambodian History and Society · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Ecology

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