Making a living the Hmong way: An actor-oriented livelihoods approach to everyday politics and resistance in upland vietnam

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-422

  Turner, Sarah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

actor oriented approach; everyday politics and resistance; Hmong; livelihoods; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ETHNIC MINORITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIBERALIZATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL SOCIETY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UPLAND REGION;

LAO CAI; VIET NAM;

ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM;

EID: 84857959961     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.596392     Document Type: Article

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