The Integration of the Peasantry
Examples From Malaysia and Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2910460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodolphe De Koninck (0009-0008-8454-7690, Université Laval, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2757424 |
| OpenAlex | W2329462364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
RECENT WELL-DOCUMENTED reports published by the United Nations and by the International Labor Organization' have shown that in several countries of Monsoon Asia the attempts at modernizing peasant agriculture have often had a negative impact on the living conditions of most of the peasant producers. Such reports are in fact just adding to an already important literature which has been indicating that the various packages of technical innovations, which the industrial nations and their agencies have sponsored throughout the countries characterized by agrarian economies, contribute to the increase rather than to the eradication of poverty. It seems that the green revolution, the development package deal par excellence, pauperizes as much as, if not more than, it modernizes.2 Yet the industrial world's solicitude for the plight of the underdeveloped countries and particularly for their food-producing peasant communities, seems boundless. Witness the recent reports summarizing the recommendations of the Trilateral Commission for massive investments in rice agriculture in twelve South and Southeast Asian countries.3 In conjunction with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the
Political science · Agricultural Systems and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade and economics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2020 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |