Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform /

Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform / / ed. by Philip Taylor.

Social inequalities have grown during Vietnam’s transition to a market-based economy, even as average incomes have increased and the number of people living in poverty has lessened. Do widening social rifts –- between rich and poor, urban and rural communities and along regional, gender and ethnic l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Chuyen, Truong Thi Kim,
Earl, Catherine,
Ha, Pham Hoang,
Huong, Nghiem Lien,
Kim, Jee Young,
Koh, David,
Ngu, Vu Quoc,
Rato, Montira,
Scott, Steffanie,
Suu, Nguyen Van,
Taylor, Philip,
Thanh, Vo Tri,
Trang, Tran Thi Thu,
HerausgeberIn:
Taylor, Philip,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Social Inequality in a Socialist State
  • 1. Vietnam’s Recent Political Developments
  • 2. Vietnam’s Recent Economic Reforms and Developments: Achievements, Paradoxes, and Challenges
  • 3. Behind the Numbers: Social Mobility, Regional Disparities, and New Trajectories of Development in Rural Vietnam
  • 4. From Collectivization to Globalization: Social Differentiation in a Muong Ethnic Community of Vietnam
  • 5. Political Capital, Human Capital, and Inter-generational Occupational Mobility in Northern Vietnam
  • 6. Social Disparities in Vietnam: The Case of Poverty Reduction and Educational Attainment
  • 7. Redressing Disadvantage or Re-arranging Inequality? 236 Development Interventions and Local Responses in the Mekong Delta
  • 8. The Politics of Land: Inequality in Land Access and Local Conflicts in the Red River Delta since Decollectivization
  • 9. Female Garment Workers: The New Young Volunteers in Vietnam’s Modernization
  • 10. Class, Nation, and Text: The Representation of Peasants in Vietnamese Literature
  • 11. Leisure and Social Mobility in Ho Chi Minh City
  • Index
  • About the Contributors
  • Publications in the Vietnam Update Series

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