Rethinking globalization: The agrarian question revisited

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 630-662

  McMichael, Philip ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian question; Agro food systems; Chiapas; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531725     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672299708565786     Document Type: Article

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