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Peasants, Politics and Revolution: Pressures Toward Political and Social Change in the Third World
By (Author) Joel S. Migdal
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Politics and government
305.5633
Hardback
312
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
595g
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 int