Can rural voices effect rural choices? Contesting deregulation in New Zealand's apple industry

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 366-386

  McKenna, Megan K L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; DEREGULATION; FRUIT; GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033897856     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9523.00153     Document Type: Article

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