Social capital, organic agriculture, and sustainable livelihood security: Rethinking agrarian change in Mexico

Rural Sociology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-579

  Getz, Christy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; MARKET TRANSITION; NEOLIBERALISM; ORGANIC FARMING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; REFORM PROCESS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57749179081     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601108786471521     Document Type: Article

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