Agrarian Capitalization without Capitalism? Capitalist Dynamics from Above and Below in China

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 366-391

  Hairong, Yan ^a   Yiyuan, Chen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agrarian capitalism; Agrarian populism; Capital accumulation; Chayanov; China

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CAPITALISM; POPULISM;

CHINA;

EID: 84930167188     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joac.12121     Document Type: Article

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