Commercial farm workers and the politics of (dis)placement in Zimbabwe: Colonialism, liberation and democracy

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 626-651

  Rutherford, Blair ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farm workers; Land reform; Politics; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008438958     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00021     Document Type: Article

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