Index insurance and the articulation of risk-bearing subjects

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2663-2681

  Johnson, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Articulation; Financial subjectivity; Index insurance; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; INSURANCE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL SOCIETY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84888414279     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45695     Document Type: Article

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