The new enclosures: Critical perspectives on corporate land deals

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 619-647

  White, Ben ^a   Borras, Saturnino M ^a   Hall, Ruth ^b   Scoones, Ian ^a   Wolford, Wendy ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

enclosure; land; land grab; political economy

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LANDOWNERSHIP; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84861902422     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.691879     Document Type: Article

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