Food sovereignty via the ‘peasant way’: a sceptical view

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1031-1063

  Bernstein, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capitalist agriculture; class relations; food sovereignty; peasants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919705556     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.852082     Document Type: Article

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