Peasants against Politics: Rural Organization in Brittany, 1911 – 1967

Peasants against Politics provides a new perspective on the process of rural politicization and offers a fresh interpretation of the lag that modernization theorists have discovered between socioeconomic progress and political development. CONTENTS TABLES Preface Introduction Chapter One. Agricultural Revolution and Social Stability Chapter Two. Politics in the Countryside Chapter Three. Organizing the Peasantry Chapter Four. The Corporative Movement: State Building in Rural Society Chapter Five. Politics or Corporatism Chapter Six. Organizational Reform Chapter Seven. Politics of Economic Intervention BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOTES, INDEX Bibliography Notes Index