Agent Orange and Rural Development in Post-War Vietnam

ISBN-13: 9780367898458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 230 str.

Vu Le Thao Chi

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Part I   Rural Life in Changing Vietnam   1. Transformation of Vietnam and its Farmers 2. Development, Agriculture, and Farmers 3. Agent Orange and its Impact on 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

O autorze

Vu Le Thao Chi is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan.