Peasants, Politics and Revolution: Pressures Toward Political and Social Change in the Third World

by Joel Samuel Migdal and Joel S. Migdal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691606382
• ISBN13: 9780691606385
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"