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The Play of Power in the Politics of Harm

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The Politics of Palm Oil Harm

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Many of the adverse social and environmental impacts associated with the palm oil industry that were mentioned in the previous chapter exceed strictly legalistic definitions of crime .

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Mol, H. (2017). The Play of Power in the Politics of Harm. In: The Politics of Palm Oil Harm. Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55378-8_2

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