Community Welfare Organisations in Rural Myanmar: Precarity and Parahita

by Mike Griffiths, Michael P. Griffiths, Michael P Griffiths

Book Overview

This book provides an in-depth study of the moral economies emerging from within conditions of precarity in rural communities in contemporary Myanmar.

James C. Scott's seminal work on 'The Moral Economy of the Peasant' argued that peasant notions of subsistence and expectations of reciprocity formed the basis for subsequent rebellion as economic conditions changed and new market forces were introduced. Now, nearly a century on, Michael...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032084766
• ISBN13: 9781032084763
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"