The Rational Peasant: The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam

Type

Book

Authors

Samuel L. Popkin

ISBN 13

9780520039544

Tags

Economic Conditions, Asia, Social Sciences, Cultural, Sociology, Asian, Political Economy, Political Science, Anthropology

Description

Popkin develops a model of rational peasant behavior and shows how village procedures result from the self-interested interactions of peasants. This political economy view of peasant behavior stands in contrast to the model of a distinctive peasant moral economy in which the village community is primarily responsible for ensuring the welfare of its members. - from Amzon

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