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Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance James C. Scott
Publisher: Yale University Press

Scott, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985). In his book, Weapons of the Weak, James Scott argues that studies of peasant resistance focus a lot on large scale revolts. “For the historical and archival records were richest at precisely those moments when the peasantry pose a threat to the state,†Scott writes, “the historiography of class struggle has been distorted So what are the everyday forms through which peasants resist those who seek to extract from them labour, food, taxes, rents and interest? In Weapons of the Weak he takes up a similar subject, this prison term looking at ordinary, everyday peasant resistance and the reasons equal to(p) revolts are so rare. One of his main goals is The second presents the basic motivation for the study; Scott feels that inordinate attention has been paid to the rare occurrences of open revolt by peasants, and too little to ordinary, everyday forms of resistance and their emblematical and ideological underpinnings. Scott's Weapons of the weak: everyday forms of peasant resistance (1985). Political scientist James Scott wrote a book in 1987 entitled Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Scott based the book on his experiences in rural Malaysia. (1985) Weapons of the weak: Everyday forms of peasant resistance, New Haven: Yale University Press. Une publication des éditions Amsterdam. In Weapons of the Weak, Scott relates how powerless groups resist domination from the state by foot dragging, poaching, arson and sabotage, etc (Scott 1986: 5). Most formal, organized political activity is carried out by the middle classes and intelligentsia. Il est notamment l'auteur de The Moral Economy of the Peasant : Subsistance and Rebellion in Southeast Asia et de Weapons of the Weak : Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Shop Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance [Professor James C. Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance - James C. (1998) Sustainable rural livelihoods: A framework for analysis, IDS Working Paper, 89.