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The Excluding Effects of Climate Change - a case study on how climate change affects land exclusion of small-scale farmers in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Rønnow, Mathilde Heldt LU (2018) HEKM51 20181
Human Ecology
Abstract
This thesis examines in which ways the effects of climate change are excluding small-scale farmers from land and capital in in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. More specifically, it explores the relationship between powers of exclusion and the class differentiation between small-scale farmers in Ba Tri district. Through fieldwork interviews with farmers in Ba Tri district, the findings show that the effects of climate change affect farmers in unequal ways. The poorest farmers are excluded, and this very exclusion allows other farmers to accumulate more land and capital. From the empirical data, a class differentiation is identified and analyzed in connection with the exclusion. By using the theory of petty commodity production together with... (More)
This thesis examines in which ways the effects of climate change are excluding small-scale farmers from land and capital in in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. More specifically, it explores the relationship between powers of exclusion and the class differentiation between small-scale farmers in Ba Tri district. Through fieldwork interviews with farmers in Ba Tri district, the findings show that the effects of climate change affect farmers in unequal ways. The poorest farmers are excluded, and this very exclusion allows other farmers to accumulate more land and capital. From the empirical data, a class differentiation is identified and analyzed in connection with the exclusion. By using the theory of petty commodity production together with identifying different powers of exclusion at play in the case study area, I argue that climate change is a rising power of exclusion that excludes and dispossesses the poorest farmers, pushing them further out of production. However, this exclusion can only be understood in connection with an understanding of the historical, social and economic development of Vietnam where especially the state’s turn towards neo-liberal policies plays a huge role for the structures of exclusion and class differentiation. (Less)
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author
Rønnow, Mathilde Heldt LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
climate change, petty commodity production, Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s agrarian transition, powers of exclusion.
language
English
id
8960253
date added to LUP
2018-12-21 11:06:05
date last changed
2018-12-21 11:06:05
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines in which ways the effects of climate change are excluding small-scale farmers from land and capital in in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. More specifically, it explores the relationship between powers of exclusion and the class differentiation between small-scale farmers in Ba Tri district. Through fieldwork interviews with farmers in Ba Tri district, the findings show that the effects of climate change affect farmers in unequal ways. The poorest farmers are excluded, and this very exclusion allows other farmers to accumulate more land and capital. From the empirical data, a class differentiation is identified and analyzed in connection with the exclusion. By using the theory of petty commodity production together with identifying different powers of exclusion at play in the case study area, I argue that climate change is a rising power of exclusion that excludes and dispossesses the poorest farmers, pushing them further out of production. However, this exclusion can only be understood in connection with an understanding of the historical, social and economic development of Vietnam where especially the state’s turn towards neo-liberal policies plays a huge role for the structures of exclusion and class differentiation.}},
  author       = {{Rønnow, Mathilde Heldt}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Excluding Effects of Climate Change - a case study on how climate change affects land exclusion of small-scale farmers in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}