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Rural Political Modality (RPM) introduces a transformative framework for understanding governance in peripheral and rural communities. Challenging metropolitan-centered political models, RPM advances the argument that rural societies are not passive recipients of policy but active political agents shaped by historical memory, cultural identity, and localized power dynamics. Drawing from comparative Southeast Asian contexts and grounded field insights, this book repositions rural communities at the center of political analysis. It interrogates structures of marginalization, decentralization, and identity politics, offering a new theoretical lens that bridges political participation and rural development. More than a theory, RPM is a call to rethink governance from the margins outward - toward ethical, people-based, and context-responsive leadership.