Rethinking public policy in agriculture: Lessons from history, distant and recent

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-515

  Chang, Ha Joon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critique of orthodox agricultural policy; History of agricultural policy; Lessons from history

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 70449427406     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150903142741     Document Type: Article

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