The MST and the EZLN struggle for land: New forms of peasant rebellions

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-391

  Vergara Camus, Leandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; EZLN; MST; Peasant rebellions; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

FEUDALISM; GLOBALIZATION; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEOLIBERALISM; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

BRAZIL; CHIAPAS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650667453     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00216.x     Document Type: Review

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