Are Vietnamese farmers concerned with their relative position in society?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1177-1188

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Nam, Pham Khanh ^b   Linde Rahr, Martin ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 35248865727     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701526303     Document Type: Article

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