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Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development Ser.: Peasant Economics : Farm Households in Agrarian Development by Frank Ellis (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521457114
ISBN-139780521457118
eBay Product ID (ePID)762832
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
Publication NamePeasant Economics : Farm Households in Agrarian Development
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIndustries / Agribusiness, Natural Resources, Public Policy / Regional Planning, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year1993
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorFrank Ellis
SeriesWye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN94-153439
Reviews' … a significant contribution to material on the economic analysis of peasant household agricultural production.' International Journal of Agricultural Economics, ' ... a significant contribution to material on the economic analysis of peasant household agricultural production.'International Journal of Agricultural Economics, ‘ … a succinct and accessible review of an area important to both development and agricultural economics.’Journal Development Studies, "...a significant contribution to material on the economic analysis of peasant household agricultural production." International Journal of Agricultural Economics, ' ... a succinct and accessible review of an area important to both development and agricultural economics.' Journal Development Studies, ' … a succinct and accessible review of an area important to both development and agricultural economics.' Journal Development Studies, ' ... a succinct and accessible review of an area important to both development and agricultural economics.'Journal Development Studies, "...a succinct and accessible review of an area important to both development and agricultural economics." Journal of Development Studies, ‘ … a significant contribution to material on the economic analysis of peasant household agricultural production.’International Journal of Agricultural Economics
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal330.91724
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentPart I. Peasants, Economics, Political Economy: 1. Peasants; 2. The neoclassical theory of farm production; 3. Elements of peasant political economy; Part II. The Theory of the Optimising Peasant: 4. The profit-maximising peasant; 5. The risk-averse peasant; 6. The drudgery-averse peasant; 7. The farm household peasant; 8. The sharecropping peasant; Part III. Inside the Peasant Household: 9. Women in the peasant household; Part IV. Further Topics and Overview: 10. Farm size and factor productivity; 11. Technical change; 12. Environment; 13. Peasant economics in perspective; References; Index.
SynopsisA revised and expanded edition of a popular textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries. The second edition retains the same successful features of the first with the addition of a new chapter on the environment., This is a revised and expanded edition of a popular textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries. The second edition retains the same building blocks designed to explore household decision-making in a social context. Key topics are efficiency, risk, time allocation, gender, agrarian contracts, farm size and technological change. For these and other topics, household economic behavior represents the outcome of social interactions within the household, and market interactions outside the household. A new chapter on the environment combines exposition of economic tools not previously covered in the book with examination of household and community decision-making in relation to environmental resources., This is a revised and expanded edition of a popular textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries. The second edition retains the same building blocks designed to explore household decision-making in a social context. Key topics are efficiency, risk, time allocation, gender, agrarian contracts, farm size and technological change. For these and other topics, household economic behaviour represents the outcome of social interactions within the household, and market interactions outside the household. A new chapter on the environment combines exposition of economic tools not previously covered in the book with examination of household and community decision-making in relation to environmental resources.
LC Classification NumberHD1542 .E43 1993
