Large-scale land deals from the inside out: Findings from Kenya's Tana Delta

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1039-1075

  Smalley, Rebecca ^a   Corbera, Esteve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

access; discourse; Kenya; land deals; ranches; rural development; tenure

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; RANCHING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

KENYA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

EID: 84861870468     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.686491     Document Type: Article

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