The legacy of social conflicts over property rights in rural Brazil and Mexico: Current land struggles in historical perspective

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1133-1158

  Vergara Camus, Leandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

capitalism; class struggle; commodification; EZLN; land; market imperative of competition; MST; neoliberal globalization; property rights; so called primitive accumulation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CAPITALISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND RIGHTS; LIBERALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HISTORY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84868288697     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2011.653345     Document Type: Article

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