The political economy of market reform and the formation of socio-spatial identities in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

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Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-127

  Spencer, James H ^a,b  

^a Urban and Regional Planning ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Customary law; Globalization; Indigenous; Property; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147199961     PISSN: 03043754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030437540703200105     Document Type: Article

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