La Vía Campesina and its global campaign for agrarian reform

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 258-289

  Borras Jr , Saturnino M ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

La V a Campesina; Land reform; Peasant movement; Transnational social movement

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND REFORM; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 42949101363     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2008.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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