The political economy of agrarian change: Dinosaur or phoenix?

The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 18-46

  Da Corta, Lucia ^a  

^a Chronic Poverty Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911077495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203861332     Document Type: Chapter

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