Surveying the agrarian question (part 2): Current debates and beyond

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-284

  Akram Lodhi, A Haroon ^a   Kay, Cristobal ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Agrarian question; Globalisation; Peasant studies; Rural development; Rural transformation

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITALISM; GLOBALIZATION; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77951690566     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066151003594906     Document Type: Article

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