Typology of Agrarian Transitions as the Basis for the Case Studies

This chapter attempts to define the theoretical basis for the case studies of agrarian transitions and peasant/rural protest which occupy Chapters 3–10 of the book. It also examines how peasant unrest, protest, and rebellion ‘map onto’ the typology of transitions identified in the previous chapter, and explains why there is a broad differentiation between the global North and South in terms of the prevalence of ‘rural movements’ in the former and ‘peasant wars’ in the latter.