Agrarian differentiation in post-socialist societies: Evidence from three upland villages in North-Western Vietnam

Sikor, Thomas (2001) Agrarian differentiation in post-socialist societies: Evidence from three upland villages in North-Western Vietnam. Development and Change, 32 (5). pp. 923-949. ISSN 0012-155X

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Abstract

The literature on post-socialist transformations displays a fairly broad consensus that changes in macro structures of state and economy generate or increase rural inequality. This article examines the distributional effects of macro changes in Vietnamese villages. Findings from local-level research highlight the multiple ways in which people react to changes in macro structures. Core fields of negotiation by local people include exchange relations, the use of surplus, and land tenure. Local negotiation may lead to local-level trajectories of agrarian change that differ significantly from national-level changes. Changes in macro structures thus may not substantially alter the underlying process of differentiation. Rural people may be rich and poor for the same reasons as under collective agriculture, though income differences may have become more accentuated.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	agrarian change,income distribution,land tenure,rural economy,sdg 1 - no poverty,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty
Faculty \ School:	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
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2013 15:46
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2023 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44004
DOI:	10.1111/1467-7660.00232

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