Contextualising land grabbing: Contemporary land deals, theglobal subsistence crisis and the world food system

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-142

  Akram Lodhi, A Haroon ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrarian question; Food regime; Land; Land grabbing; Peasants; World food system

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; CAPITALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84864410364     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2012.690726     Document Type: Article

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