Discipline | Development studies |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Saturnino Borras, Jr. |
Publication details | |
History | 1973–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
4.754 (2018) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | J. Peasant Stud. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0306-6150 (print) 1743-9361 (web) |
LCCN | 75642680 |
OCLC no. | 884525567 |
Links | |
The Journal of Peasant Studies, subtitled Critical Perspectives on Rural Politics and Development, is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into the social structures, institutions, actors, and processes of change in the rural areas of the developing world. It is published by Routledge and the editor-in-chief is Saturnino "Jun" Borras Jr. (International Institute of Social Studies).
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