Rural development : theories of peasant economy and agrarian change
- London : Hutchinson, 1982
- 409 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- General instruction / John Harris -- PARTE ONE : ANALYSES OF AGRARIAN CHANGE AND RURAL DEVELOPEMENT "STRATEGIES" - Introduction -- Unimodal and bimodal strategies of agrarian change / B.F.Johnston, P. Kilby -- Why poor people stay poor / Michael Lipton -- Agrarian transition and the agrarian question / T.J.Byres -- Urban bias, rural bias, and industrialization : an appraisal of the work of Michael Lipton and Terrt Byres / Stuart Corbridge - PART TWO : STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AGRARIAN CHANGE : CAPITAL AND PEASANTRY - Introduction -- The differentiation of the peasantry / V.L.Lenin -- Classical discussion of capital and peasantry : a critique / Göran Djurfeldt -- Notes on capital and peasantry / Henry Bernstein -- Peasants economics and the developement of capitalist agriculture in the Cauca Valley, Colombia / M.Taussing - PART THREE : ANALYSES OF THE PEASANT FARM ECONOMY - Introduction -- Polarizaton and cyclical mobility : the Russian debate over the differentiation of the peasantry / Teodor Shanin -- Chayanov´s theory of peasant economy / Mark Harrison -- Game against nature : theories of peasant decisión making / Michael Lipton -- Production condition in Indian agriculture / Krishna Bharadwaj - PART FOUR : RURAL LABOUR - Introduction -- Population involution and employment in rural Java / Benjamín White -- Peasants proletarianization and teh articulation of modes of production : the case of sugar cane cutters in northen Peru 1940-69 / C.D.Scott - PART FIVE : THE STATE AND THE PEASANTRY - Introduction -- The state and the peasantry in Tanzania / Philip / Raikes -- Taking the part of peasants / Gavin Williams -- Towards a practical theory of agrarian transition / Mark Harrison - INDEX - TABLES