Asian Smallholders in Comparative Perspective

The book is the first study detailing the character, evolution, functioning and future of the smallholder and smallholdings across nine countries of East and Southeast Asia.

Auteur

Eric C. Thompson is an anthropologist whose research spans Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. He is the author of Unsettling Absences: Urbanism in Rural Malaysia and co-editor of Southeast Asian Anthropologies: National Traditions and Transnational Practices.Jamie Gillen is a human geographer of Southeast Asia, focusing on Vietnam. He is the author of Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam and his current work is on the rural dimensions of Southeast Asian cities.Jonathan Rigg is a rural development geographer and the author of eight books, most recently More than Rural: Textures of Thailand's Agrarian Transformation, and 70 journal papers. He has undertaken fieldwork in Thailand, the Lao PDR, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Contenu

PrefaceList of ContributorsIntroduction: Asian Smallholders in Comparative PerspectiveEric C. Thompson, Jonathan Rigg, and Jamie GillenCh1. Cambodia: Political Strife and Problematic Land TenureChivoin Peou and Sokphea YoungCh2. Indonesia: Whither Involution, Demographics and Development?Holi Bina WijayaCh3. Japan: Government Interventions and Part-time Family FarmingGen Shoji, Kunimitsu Yoshida and Satoshi YokoyamaCh4. Laos: Responding to Pressures and OpportunitiesOuthai Soukkhy and Robert ColeCh5. Malaysia: The State of/in Village AgricultureIbrahim Ngah and Khairul Hisyam KamarudinCh6. Philippines: Fragmented Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Vulnerable livelihoodsEdo AndriesseCh7. Singapore: Making Space for FarmingSakunika Wewalaarachchi and Eric C. ThompsonCh8. Taiwan: Toward the Revitalisation of Smallholder AgriculturePo-Yi HungCh9. Thailand: The Political Economy of Post-Peasantry AgricultureTubtim TubtimCh10. Vietnam: From Socialist Transformation to ReformNguyen Tuan Anh