Land grabbing and global capitalist accumulation: Key features in Latin America

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-416

  Borras, Saturnino M ^a   Kay, Cristóbal ^a   Goḿez, Sergio ^b   Wilkinson, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean   (Chile)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foreignisation; International development (CASID) land grabbing; Land concentration; Latin america

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84873177506     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2012.745394     Document Type: Article

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