The Malleability of Participation: The Politics of Agricultural Research under Neoliberalism in Bolivia

Development and Change

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1284-1309

  Córdoba, Diana ^a   Jansen, Kees ^a   González, Carolina ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

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EID: 84911996434     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12129     Document Type: Article

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