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The Rational Peasant: The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam
The Rational Peasant The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam Author:Samuel L. Popkin 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 welf... more »are of its members.« less