Restructuring and redundancy: The impacts and illogic of neoliberal agricultural reforms in Jamaica

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-491

  Weis, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food imports; Jamaica; Structural adjustment; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; IMPORT; NEOLIBERALISM; RURAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 4544240925     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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