India, Palm Oil, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange
A Cross-national Analysis of Forest Loss
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jamie Sommer (0000-0003-4050-6949, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, corresponding author), Michael Restivo (State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, USA), John M Shandra (Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, USA) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 312-332 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0731121419888645 |
| OpenAlex | W2990335022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 61 |
Drawing on ecologically unequal exchange theory and previous research, we assess whether palm exports from low- and middle-income nations to India increase forest loss in exporting nations. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression for a sample of 91 low- and middle-income nations, we find support for our main hypothesis that palm exports sent from low- and middle-income nations to India are related to increased forest loss in the exporting nations. Our findings refine and expand upon ecologically unequal exchange theory by demonstrating that India, a middle-income nation, nevertheless is capable of positioning itself favorably in trading opportunities with other low- and middle-income nations. As India meets its needs for palm oil from abroad which is central to its economic growth and industrialization, their low- and middle-income trading partners bear more of the burden of environmental harms from the extraction and export of palm oil
Agricultural economics · Agroforestry · Biology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Industrialisation · Middle income · Ordinary least squares · Palm · Palm oil · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
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Corruption and Palm Oil in a Cross-National Perspective
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The harmful effects of primary sector foreign direct investment on carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries, 2000–2018
Global inequities in the prevalence of undernourishment
Globalization, foreign direct investment, and child mortality
International Trade and the Environment
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The effects of economic globalization on fertility in developing countries, 1990-2018
Exploratory data analysis
The social movement society
Constructing World Culture
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
World Development Indicators
Difficulties in tracking the long-term global trend in tropical forest area
Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation?
Quantification of global gross forest cover loss
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The Vertical Flow of Primary Sector Exports and Deforestation in Less-Developed Countries
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The paths to rain forest destruction
The Needy Donor
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Environmental Aid
Deforestation and the Environmental Kuznets Curve
The Political Sociology of Foreign Direct Investment
Coffee exports as ecological, social, and physical unequal exchange
Changing lifestyles and consumption patterns in developing countries
Underdeveloping the Amazon
Development and social change
Democracy and Environmental Degradation
The Unequal Exchange of Time and Space
Splintering South
The Effects of World Society on Environmental Protection Outcomes
The Uneven Geography of Global Civil Society
Social Determinants of Deforestation in Developing Countries
Unequal Ecological Exchange and Environmental Degradation
The World Bank, contradictory lending, and forests
Soybean Exports and Deforestation from A World-Systems Perspective
Economic Dependency, Repression, and Deforestation
Human Rights in a Globalizing World
Ecologically unequal exchange, recessions, and climate change
A cross-national study of the association between per capita carbon dioxide emissions and exports to the United States
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |