The Rational Peasant
Douban
ISBN: 9780520039544
author:
Samuel L. Popkin
publishing house:
University of California Press
publication date: 1979
-6
price: USD 31.95
number of pages: 332
The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam
Samuel L. Popkin
overview
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.