Knowledge and Control in the Contemporary Land Rush: Making Local Land Legible and Corporate Power Applicable in Rural Sierra Leone

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 206-224

  Millar, Gearoid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; International development; Land grab; Liberalism; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOENERGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; LIBERALISM; LIBERALIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84923658803     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12102     Document Type: Article

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