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Contending views and conflicts over land In Vietnam's Red River Delta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2007

Nguyen Van Suu*
Affiliation:
Dr Nguyen Van Suu is a lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
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Correspondence in connection with this paper should be addressed to [email protected].

Abstract

This study offers an approach about the nature of peasants and the reasons for their political actions. It examines the views of different parties towards the question on how land should be owned, managed, used, by whom, for whose benefits, and uncovers as well as explains the resulting conflicts over land rights in the Red River Delta since decollectivisation. It postulates that the contending views among parties over decision-making, distribution, and holding of land rights, create dynamics for conflicts, which take place under the form of public resistance, in a number of communities.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The National University of Singapore 2007

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