Peasant patriarchy and the subversion of the collective in Vietnam

The Vietnamese peasant family economy operated according to its own dynamic, which sustained itself and undercut the collective economy. Although the Workers' Party was successful in some early aspects of collectivization, peasant patriarchs ultimately challenged collective institutions, forcin...

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Published in:The Review of radical political economics 1991-10, Vol.23 (3/4), p.174-197
Main Author: Wiegersma, N. (Fitchburg State College)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
CAMBIO TECNOLOGICO
CAMPESINADO
CHANGEMENT TECHNOLOGIQUE
COLECTIVIZACION
Collective farms
COLLECTIVISATION
COLLECTIVIZATION
ECONOMIA
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIE
FAMILIA
FAMILIES
Families & family life
FAMILLE
FAMILY LABOUR
FAMILY STRUCTURE
Farming
FEMME
HOMBRES
HOMME
LAND REFORM
MAIN D'OEUVRE FAMILIALE
MANO DE OBRA FAMILIAR
MEN
MUJERES
Patriarchy
PAYSANNERIE
PEASANTRY
Peasants
PRODUCCION
PRODUCTION
PUEBLOS
REFORMA DE LA TENENCIA DE LA TIERRA
REFORME FONCIERE
RURAL AREAS
Social conditions & trends
TECHNICAL PROGRESS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
VIET NAM
VIETNAM
VILLAGE
VILLAGES
WOMEN
ZONAS RURALES
ZONE RURALE
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Summary:The Vietnamese peasant family economy operated according to its own dynamic, which sustained itself and undercut the collective economy. Although the Workers' Party was successful in some early aspects of collectivization, peasant patriarchs ultimately challenged collective institutions, forcing a return to family farming. The mechanism of this success was their careful control of the labor of women and children in small plot, kitchen garden and handicraft activities that, because of socialist pricing policies, were more profitable than the collective production of staples.
ISSN:0486-6134
1552-8502
DOI:10.1177/048661349102300310