ABSTRACT
How do Burmese farmers conceptualize political legitimacy? On what do these farmers base their support for the state authorities? Are the political values and attitudes of rural cultivators significantly different from those of their urban counterparts? To what extent do Burmese farmers share a common political outlook with cultivators from other developing countries? This chapter will address these questions by analyzing Burmese farmers’ political values, orientations and the roots of their support for authority.
