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Author:   Saturnino Borras Jr. (Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780415591775

ISBN 10:   0415591775
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   07 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Changes, Continuities and Challenges – an Introduction Saturnino M. Borras Jr. 2. The Landlord Class, Peasant Differentiation, Class Struggle and the Transition to Capitalism: England, France and Prussia Compared Terence J. Byres 3. V. I. Lenin and A. V. Chayanov: Looking Back, Looking Forward Henry Bernstein 4. Chayanov’s Treble Death and Tenuous Resurrection: An Essay about Understanding, about Roots of Plausibility and about Rural Russia Teodor Shanin 5. Development Strategies and Rural Development: Exploring Synergies, Eradicating Poverty Cristóbal Kay 6. A Food Regime Genealogy Philip McMichael 7. Livelihoods Perspectives and Rural Development Ian Scoones 8. Engendering the Political Economy of Agrarian Change Shahra Razavi 9. Everyday Politics in Peasant Societies (and Ours) Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 10. Synergies and Tensions between Rural Social Movements and Professional Researchers Marc Edelman

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Saturnino M. Borras Jr. is Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has been deeply involved in rural social movements in internationally since the early 1980s. He is a Fellow of the Amsterdam-based international think tank Transnational Institute (TNI) and of the Oakland-based Food First/Development Policy Institute. He is the Editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies. His books include Pro-Poor Land Reform: A Critique (2007) and Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization (2008, with M. Edelman and C. Kay as co-editors).

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