Princeton University Press
Peasants, Politics and Revolution
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During the last quarter century, peasant participation in politics has increased markedly in parts of Latin America and Asia. Why the poor and vulnerable peasant population has chosen to leave the confines of the village for political activity and at times for sustained revolution is the question this book explores.
The author draws on informal interviews and observation of peasants in Mexico and India and on fifty-one community studies of peasants in Asia and Latin America compiled by ethnographers in the last forty years. He suggests that severe economic crises have driven peasants to roles in the larger economy outside the village, where they are initially attracted to politics by material incentives.
Originally published in 1975.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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I. Introduction: Why Peasants Change
1 - PART ONE. The Historical Domination of Inward-Oriented Forces
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II. Lord and Peasant
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III. The Freeholding Village
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IV. Mechanisms of Survival
60 - PART TWO. The Fulcrum Shifts: The Challenge of Outward-Oriented Forces
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V. Villages under Stress
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VI. Relieving the Stress
112 - PART THREE. The Triumph of Outward-Oriented Forces
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VII. Who Risks Change?
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VIII. Social Structure and Social Institutions
156 - PART FOUR. Politics and Revolution
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IX. The New Political Community
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X. Peasant Revolution
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XI. Conclusion: The Shrinking World
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Appendix A. The Scale of External Relations
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Appendix B. A List of the Communities Used
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Bibliography
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