Download or read book Patterns of Work Organisation in a Situation of Agricultural Transition written by Robert G. Cooper and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 1980 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a typological analysis of work organization among the Hmong, this paper examines the social relations engendered, reinforced and transformed through changing processes of agricultutral production. The analysis advances the work on Hmong economy carried out earlier by the Geddes and leads to a critique of the idea of a 'hill tribe peasant economy' put forward by Evan Van Roy in his study Economic Systems of Northern Thailand. The paper concludes by considering the implications of the author's analysis to development plans in the area.