Governing precarious lives: Land grabs, geopolitics, and 'food security'

Geographical Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 340-349

  Nally, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food security; Geopolitics; Governmentality; Land grabs; Political economy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SECURITY; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 84946398986     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12063     Document Type: Article

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