Contemporary discourses and contestations around pro-poor land policies and land governance

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-32

  Borras JR, Saturnino M ^a   Franco, Jennifer C ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Transnational Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land governance; Land reform; Property; State society relations

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND REFORM; LAND USE PLANNING; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EID: 73549096399     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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