James C. Scott
Paperback, 392 pages
9780300036411

 

Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

 

“No one who wants to understand peasant society, in or out of Southeast Asia, or theories of change, should fail to read [this book].” - Journal of Asian Studies

 

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.