Land expropriation and displacement in Bangladesh

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 971-993

  Feldman, Shelley ^a   Geisler, Charles ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; char; displacement; enclosure; land expropriation; land grab; violence

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; PERIURBAN AREA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL HISTORY; VIOLENCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84861849767     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.661719     Document Type: Article

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