Disappearing Peasantries?: Rural Labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America

by Don Mead

This book points out how peasant labour redundancy can undermine rural welfare and political stability, and why academics and policy-makers of the twenty-first century cannot ignore the world's disappearing peasantries without endangering sustainable development and international security. The editors combine rural research with a new analytical perspective on major peasant and agrarian development debates, and provide an insight into peasant studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853394777
• ISBN13: 9781853394775
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"