The Agrarian Roots of Contemporary Violent Conflict in Mindanao, Southern Philippines

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-320

  Vellema, Sietze ^a   Borras Jr, Saturnino M ^b   Lara Jr, Francisco ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d Philippine Social Science Center (PSSC)   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Conflict; Land; Modernization; Philippines; State making

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; CRIME; CULTURAL CONFLICT; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RELIGION; STATE BUILDING; VIOLENCE;

MINDANAO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 79959389551     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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