Economic Reforms and Agrarian Change in the Red River Delta of Vietnam
This article explores theories of differentiation. It examines the effects of macro changes on agrarian differentiation in a coastal village in the Red River Delta, Northern Vietnam. It contributes to the debates about agrarian differentiation in post-socialist societies by arguing that changes in macro structures, accentuating income differences, alter the bases et mechanisms of differentiation, as well as the patterns of differentiation in places where the market economy has become more developed et are close to market centers. It suggests that only when attention is paid to local contexts et histories can local-level studies contribute to a better understeting of the causes et consequences of agrarian change.