Rational Peasant

Author/Contributor(s):	Popkin, Samuel L
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	06/11/1979
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.