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The markets faced by peasant households engaged in sugarcane production and processing in northern Pakistan depart from those proposed by neo-classical economics in various ways. This article examines three ‘real’ markets and finds that certain agents may be able to ‘regulate’ market operations in their interest. As a consequence, peasant farmers must live with the reality of their structural subordination in ‘real’ markets.
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This article is dedicated to the memory of Abdul Hameed, a friend, scholar and field investigator who supervised the research used in this work. Thanks to Jim Freedman, Susan Johnson and, especially, two anonymous referees of this journal, whose detailed comments have, it is hoped, greatly improved the article. The Canadian International Development Agency funded the research for this article under contract SEL-95-0075. The author, however, is solely responsible for its contents.
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Akram-Lodhi, A. A Bitter Pill? Peasants and Sugarcane Markets in Northern Pakistan. Eur J Dev Res 12, 206–228 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1080/09578810008426759
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09578810008426759