Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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PEASANTRY AND POWER: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF RELATIONSHIP DURING NEP
This article discusses the basic principles, nature and characteristics of the relationship of the peasantry and the Soviets. Based on the analysis of concrete historical material, it is concluded that the system of local authorities did not provide an ...
N. N. Grehova
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Peasant revolts against the peasant revolution
Тhe peasant revolts, wars, and revolutions known in history had both revolutionary and reactionary sides. A particularly complex interweaving was observed in Russia (USSR) in the first third of the 20th century due to the maximum number of economic ...
V. F. Isaychikov
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Modernizing peasants and 'master farmers': all-India crop competitions and the politics of progressive agriculture in early independent India [PDF]
In the years following independence, looking toward agricultural self-sufficiency, India's national leadership sought to identify cultivators endowed with the daring, grit, and experimental character needed to actualize the promise of plenty.
Siegel, Benjamin
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Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann +2 more
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Entre similitudes y contrastes. Modos y estrategias de abordaje del campesinado en las perspectivas de Jan Douve Van der Ploeg, Alexander Chayanov y Huges Lamarche [PDF]
This paper we present an analysis evidencing contrasts and similarities between the theoretical and methodological approaches of the authors Alexander Chayanov, Huges Lamarche and Jan Van der Ploeg Douve, whose main concerns lie in understanding the ...
Laura Kostlin +1 more
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The article deals with the problems of mutual relations between Siberian local state bodies system and public peasantry authorities’ places. In the a set of laws called «Sibirskoe Uchrezhdenie» the supreme authorities set up methods and forms of work ...
Ye. A. Syemshchikov
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Ploughing for Justice: Land Return, Clientelism and Citizenship in Central Burma
ABSTRACT This article asks if clientelism is a form of citizenship in an agrarian society under military domination. It focuses on the efforts made by villagers in central Burma to recover land previously grabbed by force by the military state. A promise of land return during the political transition of the 2010s enabled dispossessed farmers to define ...
Stéphen Huard, Mya Dar Li Thant
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Heritage and Patrimony of the Peasantry: an analytical framework to address rural development
The term “rural development” is exceptionally multifaceted, which makes it difficult to define. This and other features make it a ‘wicked problem’, which means the consequences of rural developmental problems can create other complications. To date, the
Fabio Pachón-Ariza +2 more
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