An Examination of Leadership Entry in Bengal Peasant Revolts, 1937–1947
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Journal of Asian Studies
- Vol. 37 (4) , 611-635
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2054366
Abstract
Peasant movement studies based solely on economic and political data may miss important social and cultural elements in the constellation of forces that generate those movements. The process of leadership entry—that is, the legitimation of the outside organizers to the peasants—has seldom been a subject of systematic investigation. However, I suggest that examination of what makes peasants accept as leaders persons who are in many respects different from themselves may yield important insights into the nature of the problems of organizing peasants.Keywords
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