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Peasant economics : farm households and agrarian developoment /

A textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Frank, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Wye studies in agricultural and rural development.
Subjects:
Peasants > Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Peasants > Developing countries > Social conditions.
Quality of life > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Rural conditions.
Peasants > Economic conditions.
Peasants > Social conditions.
Quality of life.
Rural conditions.
Developing countries.
Peasants.
Household production.
Production systems.
Peasants > Economic conditions
agrarische bedrijfsvoering
farm management
agrarische economie
agricultural economics
plattelandsplanning
rural planning
plattelandsontwikkeling
rural development
sociale economie
socioeconomics
boerenstand
peasantry
economische situatie
economic situation
landbouw
agriculture
ontwikkelingslanden
developing countries
economische planning
economic planning
geweldloze weerstand
nonviolent resistance
economische productie
economic production
Farm Management
Agricultural Economics (General)
Economics (General)
Agrarische bedrijfsvoering
Agrarische economie (algemeen)
Economie (algemeen)
Online Access:Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Part I. Peasants, Economics, Political Economy: 1. Peasants
  • 2. The neoclassical theory of farm production
  • 3. Elements of peasant political economy
  • Part II. The Theory of the Optimising Peasant: 4. The profit-maximising peasant
  • 5. The risk-averse peasant
  • 6. The drudgery-averse peasant
  • 7. The farm household peasant
  • 8. The sharecropping peasant
  • Part III. Inside the Peasant Household: 9. Women in the peasant household
  • Part IV. Further Topics and Overview: 10. Farm size and factor productivity
  • 11. Technical change
  • 12. Environment
  • 13. Peasant economics in perspective
  • References
  • Index.