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Political Responses to Dam‐Induced Resettlement in Northern Uplands V ietnam
Author(s) -
Dao Nga
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of agrarian change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1471-0366
pISSN - 1471-0358
DOI - 10.1111/joac.12106
Subject(s) - politics , resistance (ecology) , state (computer science) , hydropower , political science , geography , political economy , sociology , ecology , law , biology , algorithm , computer science
Dam‐induced resettlers in V ietnam manifest their responses and resistances in many different ways. This is a multiple response that expresses itself at many different levels and is spatio‐temporally contingent. These actors can be individuals, families, groups of people or communities. Drawing on fieldwork in resettlement sites of the S ơn L a hydropower dam in the north‐west of V ietnam, this paper explores how political responses and resistance among S ơn L a's resettlers were produced through resettlement conditions. It examines intensive and violent struggles over the land and resources surrounding dam sites, and aims to understand why rural disputes in resettlement sites were often between villagers rather than with the state institutions and local authorities.