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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789812302540
  • 9789812305954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305/.09597 22
LOC classification:
  • HN700.5.A8 V534 2003
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 lines -– have the potential to undermine Vietnam’s liberal reforms and its integration with its region? How has the socialist state responded to these challenges? Based on research and analysis of recent conditions, Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform offers detailed descriptions of disparities in income, spatial access, gender, ethnicity and status, addressing their causes and consequences. The eleven chapters in this book illustrate the changing ways in which people have accumulated wealth, social and cultural capital in Vietnam’s move from a socialist to a market-oriented society. They assemble data from the Northern Uplands to the Mekong delta to explore geographic variability in patterns of social differentiation. Offering critical insights into state policy, the chapters assess the adequacy of government responses and outline local responses and informal solutions to social disadvantage. This book features a diverse mix of theoretical and methodological approaches and bridges some of the disciplinary and institutional divides that have impeded understanding of inequality in Vietnam. The wide range of themes it covers will make it a sought-after resource for those interested in contemporary Vietnam and the effects of liberal reforms, globalization and post-socialist development strategies.
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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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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 lines -– have the potential to undermine Vietnam’s liberal reforms and its integration with its region? How has the socialist state responded to these challenges? Based on research and analysis of recent conditions, Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform offers detailed descriptions of disparities in income, spatial access, gender, ethnicity and status, addressing their causes and consequences. The eleven chapters in this book illustrate the changing ways in which people have accumulated wealth, social and cultural capital in Vietnam’s move from a socialist to a market-oriented society. They assemble data from the Northern Uplands to the Mekong delta to explore geographic variability in patterns of social differentiation. Offering critical insights into state policy, the chapters assess the adequacy of government responses and outline local responses and informal solutions to social disadvantage. This book features a diverse mix of theoretical and methodological approaches and bridges some of the disciplinary and institutional divides that have impeded understanding of inequality in Vietnam. The wide range of themes it covers will make it a sought-after resource for those interested in contemporary Vietnam and the effects of liberal reforms, globalization and post-socialist development strategies.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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