Fragmented sovereignty: Land reform and dispossession in Laos

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-905

  Lund, Christian ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Land reform; Laos; Political subjects; Property; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRARIAN CHANGE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND REFORM; RURAL LANDSCAPE; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOVEREIGNTY;

LAOS;

EID: 80052664475     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2011.607709     Document Type: Article

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