Traditional basis of peasant politics in rural Bangladesh: an anthropological survey
By: Mashreque, Md. Shairul.
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ArticlePublisher: 1995Description: p.227-50.Subject(s): Rural development - Bangladesh | Peasant movements
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Eastern AnthropologistSummary: Most underdeveloped peasant societies in Bangladesh are static and oriented towards sacred values. Ascriptive structures continue to maintain a monopolistic control over the whole range of politics in underdeveloped peasant societies especially in those societies that may be truly qualified as traditional peasant villages. Traditional forms like `kinship nexus', patron-client dyad, rural court, religious institution and the age-old council of elders are of crucial importance to the understanding of politics in the `typical pre-modern sector'. They have declined in importance in the transitional peasant societies. This article is a modest attempt to perceive the significance of traditional forms of politics in two kinds of peasant society: traditional and transitional. The traditional peasant society is structurally semi-feudalistic with pre-existing institutions and overlapping ruling structure. The elders belonging to the ruling class are assumed to zealously guard their `traditional advantages' that are intimately linked to the traditional form of politics. The transitional peasant society, on the other hand, has developed into a structure which is entirely devoid of relationships approximating semi-feudalism. Institutions spring up here to promote rural development. The emerging leaders are beginning to assume new areas of activities in a changed situation.- Reproduced
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Most underdeveloped peasant societies in Bangladesh are static and oriented towards sacred values. Ascriptive structures continue to maintain a monopolistic control over the whole range of politics in underdeveloped peasant societies especially in those societies that may be truly qualified as traditional peasant villages. Traditional forms like `kinship nexus', patron-client dyad, rural court, religious institution and the age-old council of elders are of crucial importance to the understanding of politics in the `typical pre-modern sector'. They have declined in importance in the transitional peasant societies. This article is a modest attempt to perceive the significance of traditional forms of politics in two kinds of peasant society: traditional and transitional. The traditional peasant society is structurally semi-feudalistic with pre-existing institutions and overlapping ruling structure. The elders belonging to the ruling class are assumed to zealously guard their `traditional advantages' that are intimately linked to the traditional form of politics. The transitional peasant society, on the other hand, has developed into a structure which is entirely devoid of relationships approximating semi-feudalism. Institutions spring up here to promote rural development. The emerging leaders are beginning to assume new areas of activities in a changed situation.- Reproduced
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