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The Use of Court Records in the Reconstruction of Village Networks: A Comparative Perspective

Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A.

Taking a comparative study of peasant collective action as a starting point, this paper demonstrates how certain methodological techniques can improve the two-case contrast- oriented comparisons. The study, which is built on two comparative strategies (case versus case and case versus theory), is further upheld through case-level internal analyses reinforcing the implied causality across cases. Substantively, it argues that a better understanding of peasant behavior can be gained by embedding actors in networks of interaction within and across villages, presenting this as a fruitful bridge between micro (rational choice) and macro (institu tional) analyses. In the process, new sources of historical evidence (court records) are proposed to reconstruct this middle level—horizontal structure of relations in villages indicating the degree of organization of rural communities.

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