244 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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Vu tells the story of Vietnamese farmers who have survived a 30-year war of independence and unification, its damaging legacies in their living environment, and the unfamiliar pressure of the market economy. Vietnamese famers are neither simply obedient beneficiaries of policy decisions made by higher authorities nor convention-ridden cyphers. Rather, they are sophisticated decision-makers... Read more
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Agent Orange, Rural Development, and Enduring Farmers
Part I Rural Life in Changing Vietnam
1. Transofrmation of Vietnam and its Farmers
2. Development, Agriculture, and Farmers
3. Agent Orange and Vietnamese Farmers: A Distant Legacy
4. Farmers in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam
Part II Farmers' Choices and Behaviour
5. Health and Elusive Risks
6. Health and the Farmers: Whose Responsibility Counts?
7. Farmers’ Logic: Loss Aversion
8. Seed for Action, Seed for Change
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Vu Le Thao Chi is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan.
