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References
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/27178163/An_Interview_with_Henry_Bernstein | Capps, G & L. Campling, with H. Bernstein. 2016. An Interview with Henry Bernstein. Journal of Agrarian Change, 16(3): 370 -389. 10.1111/joac.12171
- ↑ https://www.academia.edu/27178163/An_Interview_with_Henry_Bernstein | Capps, G. & L. Campling, with H. Bernstein. 2016. An Interview with Henry Bernstein. Journal of Agrarian Change, 16(3): 370 -389. 10.1111/joac.12171
- ↑ http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30652.php SOAS: Henry Bernstein (Accessed May 2011)
- ↑ Kothari, Uma (Editor) (2005) A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies, Zed Books.
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