This study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the... Læs mere
This study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the... Læs mere
This volume points up many of the complexities involved in any simple notion of what constitutes rural development policy in Vietnam: the continued use of cooperatives in some areas to pressure the rural population; the land conflicts; and the pressures upon women.
This volume points up many of the complexities involved in any simple notion of what constitutes rural development policy in Vietnam: the continued use of cooperatives in some areas to pressure the rural population; the land conflicts; and the pressures upon women.
Ordinary people's everyday political behavior can have a huge impact on national policy: that is the central conclusion of this book on Vietnam. In telling the story of collectivized agriculture in that country, Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet uncovers a...