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Special section / Section Thématique: Post-socialist smallholders: silence, resistance and alternatives / Petits exploitants agricoles en contexte post-socialiste: silence, résistance et alternatives

Dissuading the state: food security, peasant resistance and environmental concerns in rural Bulgaria

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Pages 564-579 | Received 24 Jul 2017, Accepted 06 Feb 2018, Published online: 06 Aug 2018

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