Peasants, the agrarian question and lenses of development

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-203

  Harrison, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agrarian question; class; peasantry; rural development; state; struggle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996181602     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340100100301     Document Type: Article

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