The Rational Peasant: The Political Economy Of Rural Society In Vietnam
by Samuel L. Popkin /
1979 / English / PDF
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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.
