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Pelagic Imperialism in the 21st Century? A Geopolitical Economy of China's Distant Water Fishing Industry 21世纪的远洋帝国主义？中国远洋渔业的地缘政治经济

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70005

Liam Campling

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Rural Land Markets and Accumulation in an Agrarian Periphery: A Class-Relational Approach to Rentierism in India 农业边缘地区的农村土地市场与积累：印度食利者主义的阶级关系研究

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70001

Mihika Chatterjee

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Sustainability for Finance: Situating Green Bonds in the Assetization of Brazilian Agriculture 金融的可持续性：绿色债券在巴西农业资产化中的定位

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70004

Vanessa Parreira Perin

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Theatre of Enforcement at Sea: The Global Fight Against ‘Illegal Fishing’ and the Criminalisation of Fisher Peoples and Exploitation of Fish Workers 海上执法剧场：全球打击“非法捕鱼”、将渔民定罪和剥削渔业工人

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70009

Paula Satizábal, Gina Noriega-Narváez, Lina M. Saavedra-Díaz, Philippe Le Billon

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Tastes for Luxury: How Dietary Aspirations Underpin Food Regimes 《奢侈品味：饮食欲望如何支撑饮食制度》

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70008

Marylynn Steckley

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A Just Transition or a Downward Spiral? Land and Livelihood Transitions to and Away From Coal Mining in India 公正的过渡还是恶性循环？印度土地和生计向煤炭开采和远离煤炭开采的转变

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70003

Patrik Oskarsson, Suravee Nayak, Nikas Kindo

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Brewing Contradictions: State Intervention and Commodity Dynamics in Tea Agriculture in Turkey 酿造矛盾：土耳其茶业的国家干预与商品动态

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-02-23 DOI: 10.1111/joac.12619

Elif Karaçimen, Ekin Değirmenci

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Care Work, Labour Control and the Gendered Social Reproduction of a Semi-Landless Class in 19th Century Sweden 19世纪瑞典半无地阶级的照料工作、劳动控制和性别社会再生产

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1111/joac.70000

Carolina Uppenberg

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Class Dynamics at the Margins: Capitalist Relations Among Shea Nut Collectors in Burkina Faso and Ghana 边缘的阶级动态：布基纳法索和加纳采集者之间的资本主义关系

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1111/joac.12620

Francois Questiaux, Mariève Pouliot

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Accumulation by Intermediation: The Contestation of Agro-Food Capital in the South African Maize Industry 中介积累：南非玉米产业的农业食品资本之争

IF 2.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agrarian Change Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1111/joac.12616

Andrew Bowman, Nishal Robb

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