num_pages: 332
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Rational Peasant
titlecomplete: The Rational Peasant
genres: Grad School, Politics, Political Science, Economics, History
ratings_count: 42
publisher: University of California Press