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Post-socialist smallholders: silence, resistance and alternatives

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VISSER O. DORONDEL S. JEHLIČKA Petr SPOOR M.

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-REVUE CANADIENNE D ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02255189.2019.1688649
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2019.1688649
Keywords Smallholders; resistance; food sovereignty; alternative food networks; post-socialism
Description The majority of the world's smallholders live in countries that experience(d) socialism, but they largely remain invisible in agrarian studies. This special issue puts the spotlight on post-socialist smallholders, asking whether, and how, they (1) fulfil important functions in society; (2) engage in resistance (against the state or corporate actors); and (3) constitute an alternative to the industrial agri-food system. We find that post-socialist smallholders rarely confront the mainstream agri-food system head-on, but that they make a larger contribution to sustainability, community and food sovereignty than do smallholders or alternative agriculture in the "West".
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