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Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change
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Henry Bernstein argues that class dynamics should be the starting point of any analysis of agrarian change. Providing an accessible introduction to agrarian political economy, he shows clearly how the argument for "bringing class back in" provides an alternative to inherited conceptions of the agrarian question. He also ably illustrates what is at stake in different ways of thinking about class dynamics and the effects of agrarian change in today's globalized world.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bernstein, H.
- Corresponding author
- Bernstein, Henry
- ORCID
- Bernstein, Henry
- Venue
- Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Published
- 2010-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W4394901596
- Cited by
- 1,130
- References
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- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 44.29
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks (publishedVersion)
- SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Development › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Land Rights and Reforms
- Keywords
- agricultural transformation, class dynamics, political economy of agriculture, agrarian question, class analysis, globalization, Henry Bernstein
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