Agrarian reform and the environment: Fostering ecological citizenship in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 281-298

  Wittman, Hannah ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGROECOLOGY; CITIZENSHIP; COLLECTIVE ACTION; LAND REFORM; RURAL ECONOMY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 77955110313     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2010.9669259     Document Type: Article

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