Peasants, the agrarian question and lenses of development

G. Harrison
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G. Harrison: Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK, g.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk

Progress in Development Studies, 2001, vol. 1, issue 3, 187-203

Abstract: This paper reviews the interactions between conceptualizations of rural development and development theory more broadly. It identifies two key issues: the representation of peasant farmers and the agrarian question, that is, how do peasant societies interact with broader political economies? The paper develops two responses to these issues: first, that theory should not be imposed upon peasant societies to the neglect of ‘bottom up’ research; and secondly, that researchers should consciously try to integrate both structure and struggle into their analytical frameworks:

Keywords: agrarian question; class; peasantry; rural development; state; struggle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1177/146499340100100301

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