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The article deconstructs how discourse and policy coalitions legitimize palm oil agronomy within a developmental patrimonialism framework. Evidence from Riau province highlights a gap between national claims of poverty reduction and rural development versus underinvestment in public services, alongside inequality, resource dependence, environmental degradation, and complex local political patronage and financing.","Deconstructing the Palm Oil Industry Narrative in Indonesia: Evidence from Riau Province  \nAuthor(s): ADAM TYSON, HELENA VARKKEY and SHOFWAN AL BANNA CHOIRUZZAD Source: Contemporary Southeast Asia , Vol. 40, No. 3 (December 2018), pp. 422-448  \nPublished by: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute  \nStable URL: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26545302](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26545302)  \nREFERENCES  \nLinked references are available on JSTOR for this article: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26545302?seq=1&cid=pdf](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26545302?seq=1&cid=pdf)reference\\#references_tab_contents  \nYou may need to log in to JSTOR to access the linked references.  \nJSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [support@jstor.org](support@jstor.org).  \nYour use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at [https://about.jstor.org/terms](https://about.jstor.org/terms)  \nISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Contemporary Southeast Asia  \nThis content downloaded from  \n[152.118.150.186](152.118.150.186) on Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:59:54 UTC  \nAll use subject to [https://about.jstor.org/terms](https://about.jstor.org/terms)  \nContemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 40, No. 3 (2018), pp. 422–48 DOI: 10.1355/cs40-3d  \n© 2018 ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute ISSN 0129-797X print / ISSN 1793-284X electronic  \nDeconstructing the Palm Oil Industry Narrative in Indonesia:  \nEvidence from Riau Province  \nADAM TYSON, HELENA VARKKEY and SHOFWAN AL BANNA CHOIRUZZAD  \nIndonesia is the leading global producer of crude palm oil. Mass production of palm oil requires large-scale land conversion, resulting in Indonesia having the world’s highest rate of annual primary forest loss. Given the contentious nature and scale of palm oil production, this article considers Indonesia as a variant of the developmental patrimonialism model often applied to African countries. Developmental patrimonialism in the Indonesian context suggests that state power—expressed through various discourse and policy coalitions —favours palm oil companies and seeks legitimation through claims about national economic benefits . This development model may lead to  \nAdAm Tyson is an Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds. Postal address: School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS29JT, UK; email: [a.d.tyson@leeds.ac.uk](a.d.tyson@leeds.ac.uk).  \nHelenA VArkkey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya. Postal address: Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia; email: [helenav@um.edu.my](helenav@um.edu.my).  \nsHofwAn Al BAnnA CHoiruzzAd is a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia. Postal address: Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia, Depok, 16424, Indonesia; email: [shofwan.albanna@ui.ac.id](shofwan.albanna@ui.ac.id).  \n422  \nThis content downloaded from [152.118.150.186](152.118.150.186) on Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:59:54 UTC All use subject to [https://about.jstor.org/terms](https://about.jstor.org/terms)  \nDeconstructing the Palm Oil Industry Narrative in Indonesia 423  \nabsolute poverty reduction, employment and tax revenue, but can also produce inequality, resource dependencies and environmental degradation. 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