Rural precarity: relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin

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Rural precarity : relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin. / Hougaard, Inge-Merete.

In: Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 50, No. 6, 2023, p. 2437-2456.

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Hougaard, I-M 2023, 'Rural precarity: relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin', Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 2437-2456. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2101097

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Hougaard, I-M. (2023). Rural precarity: relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin. Journal of Peasant Studies, 50(6), 2437-2456. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2101097

Vancouver

Hougaard I-M. Rural precarity: relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin. Journal of Peasant Studies. 2023;50(6):2437-2456. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2101097

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Hougaard, Inge-Merete. / Rural precarity : relational autonomy, ecological dependence and political immobilisation in the agro-industrial margin. In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 50, No. 6. pp. 2437-2456.

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