Land Grabbing and Global Governance: Critical Perspectives

Globalizations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Margulis, Matias E ^a,b   McKeon, Nora ^c   Borras, Saturnino M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

global governance; globalization; land grabbing; large scale land acquisitions; polycentrism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874127776     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2013.764151     Document Type: Article

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