John McCarthy

2022

Land reform rationalities and their governance effects in Indonesia: Provoking land politics or addressing adverse formalisation?

McCarthy, J. F., Dhiaulhaq, A., Afiff, S. & Robinson, K., Jun 2022, In: Geoforum. 132, p. 92-102 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)

2021

A rapid assessment framework for food system shocks: Lessons learned from COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific region

Butler, J. R. A., Davila, F., Alders, R., Bourke, R. M., Crimp, S., McCarthy, J., McWilliam, A., Palo, A. S. M., Robins, L., Webb, M. J., van Wensveen, M., Sanderson, T. & Walker, D., Mar 2021, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 117, p. 34-45 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

15 Citations (Scopus)

Transnational labour migration and livelihoods in rural Asia: Tracing patterns of agrarian and forest change

Sunam, R., Barney, K. & McCarthy, J. F., Jan 2021, In: Geoforum. 118, p. 1-13 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

39 Citations (Scopus)

2020

COVID-19 and food systems in the Indo-Pacific: An assessment of vulnerabilities, impacts and opportunities for action

Robins, L., Crimp, S., van Wensveen, M., Alders, R., Bourke, M., Butler, J., Cosijn, M., Davila, F., Lal, A., McCarthy, J., McWilliam, A., Palo, A. S. M., Thomson, N., Warr, P. & Webb, M., 2020, Canberra. 258 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

Indigenous Rights and Agrarian Justice Framings in Forest Land Conflicts in Indonesia

Dhiaulhaq, A. & McCarthy, J. F., 1 Jan 2020, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. 21, 1, p. 34-54 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

The paradox of progressing sideways: food poverty and livelihood change in the rice lands of outer island Indonesia

McCarthy, J. F., 28 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 47, 5, p. 1077-1097 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

24 Citations (Scopus)

2018

Addressing Adverse Formalisation: The Land Question in Outer Island Indonesia

McCarthy, J., ROBINSON, KATHRYN. & Dhiaulhaq, A., 2018, Real Legal Certainty and its Relevance: Essays in honour of Jan Michiel Otto. A. B. A. B. O. (ed.). 1st edition ed. Amsterdam: Leiden University Press, Vol. 1. p. 25-42

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Distributional politics and social protection in Indonesia: Dilemma of layering, nesting and social fit in Jokowi's poverty policy

McCarthy, J. & Sumarto, M., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Southeast Asian Economies. 35, 2, p. 223-236 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

22 Citations (Scopus)

Resolving industrial plantation conflicts in Indonesia: Can mediation deliver?

Dhiaulhaq, A., McCarthy, J. F. & Yasmi, Y., Jun 2018, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 91, p. 64-72 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

21 Citations (Scopus)

2017

Community Driven Development and Structural Disadvantage: Interrogating the Social Turn in Development Programming in Indonesia

Mccarthy, J. F., Steenbergen, D. J., Warren, C., Acciaioli, G., Baker, G., Lucas, A. & Rambe, V., 2 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Development Studies. 53, 12, p. 1988-2004 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)

Framing the food poverty question: Policy choices and livelihood consequences in Indonesia

McCarthy, J. F. & Obidzinski, K., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 54, p. 344-354 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

19 Citations (Scopus)

Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar

Prescott, G. W., Sutherland, W. J., Aguirre, D., Baird, M., Bowman, V., Brunner, J., Connette, G. M., Cosier, M., Dapice, D., De Alban, J. D. T., Diment, A., Fogerite, J., Fox, J., Hlaing, W., Htun, S., Hurd, J., LaJeunesse Connette, K., Lasmana, F., Lim, C. L., Lynam, A., & 29 othersMaung, A. C., McCarron, B., McCarthy, J. F., McShea, W. J., Momberg, F., Mon, M. S., Myint, T., Oberndorf, R., Oo, T. N., Phelps, J., Rao, M., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Speechly, H., Springate-Baginski, O., Steinmetz, R., Talbott, K., Than, M. M., Thaung, T. L., Thawng, S. C. L., Thein, K. M., Thein, S., Tizard, R., Whitten, T., Williams, G., Wilson, T., Woods, K., Ziegler, A. D., Zrust, M. & Webb, E. L., Dec 2017, In: Conservation Biology. 31, 6, p. 1257-1270 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

54 Citations (Scopus)

2016

Agribusiness, Agrarian Change, and the Fate of Smallholders in Jambi

McCarthy, J. & Zen, Z., 2016, The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia. R. C. A. J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Vol. 1. p. 109-154

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Characterising Oil Palm Production in Indonesia and Malaysia

Cramb, R. & McCarthy, J., 2016, The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia. R. C. A. J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Vol. 1. p. 27-77

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Conclusion

McCarthy, J. & Cramb, R., 2016, The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia. R. C. A. J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Vol. 1. p. 442-464

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Corrigendum to "Beyond Property: Co-Management and Pastoral Resource Access in Mongolia" [World Development 77 (2016) 367-379], DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.012

Undargaa, S. & McCarthy, J. F., 1 Apr 2016, In: World Development. 80, p. 114 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Green growth rhetoric versus reality: Insights from Indonesia

Anderson, Z. R., Kusters, K., McCarthy, J. & Obidzinski, K., 1 May 2016, In: Global Environmental Change. 38, p. 30-40 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

65 Citations (Scopus)

Interventions to Promote Smallholder Oil Palm and Socio-economic Improvement in Indonesia

Zen, Z., Barlow, C., Gondowarsito, R. & McCarthy, J., 2016, The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia. R. C. A. J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Vol. 1. p. 78-108

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Introduction

Cramb, R. & McCarthy, J., 2016, The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia. R. C. A. J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Vol. 1. p. 1-26

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Land, economic development, social justice and environmental development in Indonesia: the search for the people's sovereignty

McCarthy, J. & ROBINSON, KATHRYN., 2016, Land and Development in Indonesia Searching for the People's Sovereignty. J. F. M. A. K. R. (ed.). 1 ed. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, Vol. 1. p. 1-34

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Land and Development in Indonesia: Searching for the People's Sovereignty

McCarthy, J. & ROBINSON, KATHRYN., 2016, 1 ed. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing. 384 p. (Indonesia Update Series)

Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review

Reconsidering the links between poverty, international labour migration, and agrarian change: critical insights from Nepal

Sunam, R. K. & McCarthy, J. F., 2 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 43, 1, p. 39-63 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

73 Citations (Scopus)

The Conflicted Nature of Food Security Policy: Balancing Rice, Sugar and Palm Oil in Indonesia

Vel, J. A. C., McCarthy, J. F. & Zen, Z., 2 Jul 2016, In: Anthropological Forum. 26, 3, p. 233-247 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

21 Citations (Scopus)

The Oil Palm Complex: Smallholders, Agribusiness and the State in Indonesia and Malaysia

Cramb, R. & McCarthy, J., 2016, 1st ed. Singapore: NUS Press - National University of Singapore. 467 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review

2014

Dilemmas of participation: The national community empowerment program

McCarthy, J. F., Steenbergen, D., Acciaioli, G., Baker, G., Lucas, A., Rambe, V. & Warren, C., 1 Jan 2014, Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p. 223-259 37 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

11 Citations (Scopus)

Using community led development approaches to address vulnerability after disaster: Caught in a sad romance

McCarthy, J. F., 2014, In: Global Environmental Change. 27, 1, p. 144-155 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

27 Citations (Scopus)

2013

Tenure and transformation in Central Kalimantan: After the “Million Hectare” Project

McCarthy, J., 1 Jan 2013, Land for the People: The State and Agrarian Conflict in Indonesia. Ohio State University Press, p. 183-214 32 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

2012

Certifying in contested spaces: Private regulation in Indonesian forestry and palm oil

McCarthy, J. F., Nov 2012, In: Third World Quarterly. 33, 10, p. 1871-1888 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

79 Citations (Scopus)

Community environment and local governance in Indonesia: Locating the commonweal

Warren, C. & McCarthy, J. F., 1 Jan 2012, Taylor and Francis. 263 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Swimming Upstream: Local Indonesian Production Networks in "Globalized" Palm Oil Production

McCarthy, J. F., Gillespie, P. & Zen, Z., Mar 2012, In: World Development. 40, 3, p. 555-569 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

189 Citations (Scopus)

The post-authoritarian politics of agrarian and forest reform in Indonesia

McCarthy, J. & Moeliono, M., 1 Jan 2012, Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics. Taylor and Francis, p. 242-259 18 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

Trajectories of land acquisition and enclosure: Development schemes, virtual land grabs, and green acquisitions in Indonesia's Outer Islands

McCarthy, J. F., Vel, J. A. C. & Afiff, S., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 39, 2, p. 521-549 29 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

136 Citations (Scopus)

2011

Improving governance arrangements for landowners in the oil palm districts of Indonesia

McCarthy, J., Gillespie, P. & Zen, Z., 2011, Oil Palm: Cultivation, Production and Dietary Components. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 169-177 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

The limits of legality: state, governance and resource control in Indonesia

McCarthy, J., 2011, The State and Illegality in Indonesia. E. A. A. G. V. K. (ed.). 1st ed. Leiden, Netherlands: KITLV Press, Vol. 1. p. 89-106

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2010

Advancing equity in community forestry: Recognition of the poor matters

Sunam, R. K. & McCarthy, J. F., Dec 2010, In: International Forestry Review. 12, 4, p. 370-382 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

30 Citations (Scopus)

Processes of inclusion and adverse incorporation: Oil palm and agrarian change in Sumatra, Indonesia

McCarthy, J. F., 2010, In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 37, 4, p. 821-850 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

324 Citations (Scopus)

Regulating the oil palm boom: Assessing the effectiveness of environmental governance approaches to agro-industrial pollution in Indonesia

McCarthy, J. & Zen, Z., Jan 2010, In: Law and Policy. 32, 1, p. 153-179 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

103 Citations (Scopus)

2009

209 Citations (Scopus)

Where is justice? Resource entitlements, agrarian transformation and regional autonomy in Jambi, Sumatra

McCarthy, J., 2009, Community, Environment and Local governance in Indonesia: Locating the Commonweal. C. W. . J. F. M. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 167-196

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2008

Local Voice in Shifting Modes of Decentralised Resource Control in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

McCarthy, J., 2008, online : RMAP.

Research output: Other contribution

2007

Learning from King Canute: Policy approaches to biodiversity conservation, lessons from the Leuser Ecosystem

McCarthy, J. F. & Zen, Z., 1 Jan 2007, Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge University Press, p. 429-456 28 p.

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Shifting resource entitlements and governance reform during the agrarian transition in Sumatra, Indonesia

McCarthy, J., Jan 2007, In: Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law. 39, 55, p. 95-121 27 p.

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Open Access

22 Citations (Scopus)

Sold Down the River: Renegotiating Public Power over Nature in Central Kalimantan

McCarthy, J., 2007, Renegotiating Boundaries: Local Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia. H. S. N. A. G. V. K. (ed.). 1st ed. Leiden: KITLV Press, Vol. 1. p. 151-176

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The demonstration effect: Natural resources, ethnonationalism and the Aceh conflict

McCarthy, J. F., Nov 2007, In: Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 28, 3, p. 314-333 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

Turning in Circles: Distinct Governance, Illegal Logging and Environmental Decline in Sumatra, Indonesia

McCarthy, J., 2007, Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade. L. T. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd, Vol. 1. p. 69-90

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2006

Decentralization and Recentralization in Indonesia's Forestry Sector: Summary and Recommendations

Resosudarmo, I. A. P., McCarthy, J., Barr, C., Dermawan, A. & Moeliono, M., 2006, Decentralization of forest administration in Indonesia: implications for forest sustainability, economic development and community livelihoods. B. C. . R. I. . D. A. M. J. F. M. M. . S. (ed.). 1 ed. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Vol. 1. p. 122-133

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Decentralization of forest administration in Indonesia: implications for forest sustainability, economic development and community livelihoods

Barr, C., Resosudarmo, I. A. P., Dermawan, A., McCarthy, J., Moeliono, M. & Setiono, B., 2006, 1 ed. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 155 p.

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