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Peasant Agency

Peasant Agency is a theoretical construct within the study of peasant economies that denotes the capacity of peasants to make autonomous decisions and enact strategic actions within, and often in resistance to, structural constraints imposed by broader economic, political, and social systems.

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114

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59

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2017–2026

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Publications

104

Weapons of the weak: Everyday forms of peasant resistance

World Development · 1986 · 9.9K citations

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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World.

Gayl D. Ness, Barrington Moore · American Sociological Review · 1967 · 2.3K citations

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Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

F. G. Bailey · Pacific Affairs · 1987 · 1.9K citations

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Rule of experts: Egypt, techno-politics, modernity

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 1.7K citations

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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World.

E. J. Hobsbawm, Barrington Moore · American Sociological Review · 1967 · 1K citations

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Authors

114

  1. BM
    Barrington Moore

    The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, United States

    10 publications · 5.3K citations

    10

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  2. EJ
    E. J. Hobsbawm

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

    2

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  3. XL
    Xiaobo Lü

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 351 citations

    2

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  4. MS
    Merilee S. Grindle

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

    2

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  5. CC
    Caroline Castiglione

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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Institutions

59

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    128 citations

  3. University of Colorado System

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  4. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    300 citations

  5. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Oberlin College

    Oberlin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    238 citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  8. Universitat de Lleida

    Lleida, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Peasant Studies

    13 publications · 869 citations

    13

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 2.2K citations

    7

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 6 publications · 1.1K citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Agrarian Change

    5 publications · 196 citations

    5

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  5. The Journal of Asian Studies

    JAS · 4 publications · 319 citations

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