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Changing rules of the game: local responses to decollectivisation in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
Author(s) -
Scott Steffanie
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8373.00107
Subject(s) - ethnic group , settlement (finance) , vulnerability (computing) , geography , phenomenon , socioeconomics , period (music) , sociology , business , anthropology , computer security , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , computer science , acoustics , payment
This paper documents the uneven experiences of decollectivisation, using Thai Nguyen province as a setting for an exploration of divergent outcomes of, and local responses to, land allocation. Ethnicity, blood relations and settlement history are identified as emerging axes of differentiation in new patterns of vulnerability regarding access to land. This trend is evidenced by the phenomenon of farmers who migrated to the region during the collectivisation period and were subsequently left landless as longer term residents from other ethnic groups reclaimed their ancestral lands.