The Rational Peasant
, by Popkin, Samuel L.- ISBN: 9780520039544 | 0520039548
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/1979
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.