Rural life in late socialism: : : politics of development and imaginaries of the future / / edited by Phill Wilcox, Jonathan Rigg, Minh T.N. Nguyen.
"China, Laos and Vietnam are three of a handful of late socialist countries where capitalist economics rubs up against party-state politics. In these countries, sweeping processes of change open up new vistas of opportunity and imaginaries of the future alongside much uncertainty and anxiety, e...
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| Superior document: | Social sciences in Asia ; 44 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social sciences in Asia ;
44. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (315 pages) :; illustrations. |
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| Summary: | "China, Laos and Vietnam are three of a handful of late socialist countries where capitalist economics rubs up against party-state politics. In these countries, sweeping processes of change open up new vistas of opportunity and imaginaries of the future alongside much uncertainty and anxiety, especially for their large rural populations. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate the diverse ways in which rural people build futures in this unique policy landscape and how their aspirations and desires are articulated as projects involving both citizens and the state. This produces a politics of development that happens through and around the state as people navigate discourses of betterment to imagine and make new futures at individual and collective levels"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9004528067 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Phill Wilcox, Jonathan Rigg, Minh T.N. Nguyen. |