Livestock production and common property struggles in South Africa's agrarian reform

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 166-208

  Cousins, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029837496     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159608438612     Document Type: Article

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