Peasant Agriculture and the Distribution of Power in Prewar East Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11400736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Grabowski (0000-0003-0617-1110, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-191 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0225-5189 • E-ISSN: 2158-9100 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02255189.1994.9669550 |
| OpenAlex | W1993519354 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This paper examines agricultural development in EastAsia (Taiwan, Korea, and Japan) in the prewar period. It is argued that rapid productivity growth in this region depended on a redistribution of power in the countryside. In Japan this redistribution of power was linked to the development of strong village structures that proved resistant to attempts by the government to extract agricultural surplus. For Korea and Taiwan colonization by Japan resulted in a redistribution of power in the latter two regions and significant investment in the agricultural sector. Although much of the benefits of productivity growth in these regions initially went to Japan, with the independence of Taiwan and Korea this dramatically changed. Finally, it was argued that in today's developing nations technology may act to redistribute power in the countryside. In addition, democratic political institutions may prove useful as mechanisms for redistributing power and thus enhancing agricultural development
Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · China · Democracy · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Redistribution (election · Rural area · Japanese History and Culture
The agrarian origins of modern Japan
Measurement of social power, opportunity costs, and the theory of two-person bargaining games
Why poor people stay poor
Models of man, social and rational
The Economic Theory of Social Institutions
An Ecological and Historical Perspective on Agricultural Development in Southeast Asia
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Self‐limited empowerment
‘Urban bias’
Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan
Capital Formation in Japan, 1868-1940
Native Sources of Japanese Industrialization, 1750-1920
Growth of agricultural protection in East Asia
Agriculture, rural people, the state and the surplus in some Asian countries
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870 to 1940
Measurement Concepts in the Theory of Influence
Japanese Landlords
The concept of power
Agricultural Transformation Under Colonialism
The Erosion of Patron-Client Bonds and Social Change in Rural Southeast Asia
Agricultural Development in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule
The Emergence of Cooperation among Egoists
The Rational Peasant. The Political Economy of Rural Society in Vietnam
Economic Growth and Structure in the Republic of Korea
The Moral Economy of the Peasant
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |