For competitiveness’ sake?: Material competition vs. Competitiveness as a national project

The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector: Crisis, Resilience, and Restructuring

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 207-224

  Patel Campillo, Anouk ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919546848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203583111     Document Type: Chapter

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