Introduction: Agrarian Change, Rural Poverty and Land Reform in South Africa since 1994

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  O'Laughlin, Bridget ^a   Bernstein, Henry ^b   Cousins, Ben ^c   Peters, Pauline E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Land reform; Rural poverty; South Africa; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; APARTHEID; DECENTRALIZATION; LAND REFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84871027259     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12010     Document Type: Article

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