Rational Peasant - The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam

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.

Summary

Offers a political economy view of peasant behavior that 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.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel L. Popkin, Popkin Samuel L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.1979
• EAN: 9780520039544
• ISBN: 978-0-520-03954-4
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Social groups, Social groups, communities and identities