The dynamics of commoditization in a Vietnamese uplands village, 1980-2000

Sikor, Thomas and Tuong Vi, Pham Thi (2005) The dynamics of commoditization in a Vietnamese uplands village, 1980-2000. Journal of Agrarian Change, 5 (3). pp. 405-428. ISSN 1471-0358

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Abstract

Commodity markets have become key forces transforming upland livelihoods, social relations and landscapes in Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia. This paper examines the processes of market formation and their effects on local livelihoods and social relations in a village of Vietnam's north-western uplands. The results indicate that villagers’ reactions to new opportunities arising from decollectivization and market liberalization wove them into an increasingly intricate ‘commodity web’. Differences among households widened as households with an initial advantage accumulated further advantages. Yet the relations governing access to land and product markets also provided a floor of subsistence for the disadvantaged. The findings demonstrate the need to interrogate commodity markets, investigate the practices and relations constituting them, and analyse how they distribute income and risks among the actors involved. The nature of commodity markets, together with the relations governing access to productive resources, influences processes of social differentiation in the uplands.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Climate Change Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2005
Last Modified:	17 May 2023 00:04
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16535
DOI:	10.1111/j.1471-0366.2005.00106.x

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