Neo-liberalism, markets and class structures on the Nepali lowlands: The political economy of agrarian change

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 634-644

  Sugden, Fraser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural commercialisation; Agriculture Perspective Plan; Class structures; Neo liberalism; Nepal; Semi feudalism; Small farms; Surplus appropriation; Terai

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; TARAI;

EID: 67649964292     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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