Explaining change in the international agro-food system

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 611-629

  Ward, Neil ^a,b   Almås, Reidar ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agro food systems; Globalization; International restructuring; Networks; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040151546     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672299708565785     Document Type: Article

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