| Description |
1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Series |
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Series |
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Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One Law and Precarity in Daily Life -- 1.1 Hegemony, Alienation, and Empowerment: Three Accounts of Law in Everyday Life -- 1.2 Precarity as Daily Struggle -- 1.3 Precarity and Law: A Mutually Reinforcing Relationship -- 1.4 Studying Everyday Legality in Vietnam -- Chapter Two Law and Social Change in Vietnam -- 2.1 Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional Claim-Making -- 2.2 Law and Economic Governance |
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2.3 Law as a Means of Dispute Resolution -- 2.4 Law as a Resource of Claim-Making -- 2.5 Law in Everyday Life -- Chapter Three Factory Workers' Early Withdrawal of Social Insurance Benefits -- 3.1 Social Insurance Regulations -- 3.2 Workers' Vulnerabilities in a Market Economy -- 3.3 Trading of Social Insurance Books -- 3.4 Informal Deals with Employers for Early withdrawal of Pension -- 3.4.1 Workers' Perceptions of Social Insurance Benefits and Family Obligations -- 3.4.2 Turning to "Law" -- 3.4.3 Cycle of Precariousness -- 3.5 Conclusion |
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Chapter Four Early Retirement by Workers in a Former State-Owned Enterprise -- 4.1 Social Insurance Reform in Vietnam -- 4.2 Working Experiences in an Equitized Enterprise -- 4.3 Informal Arrangements to Retire Early -- 4.4 Life and Work After Retirement -- 4.5 Precarity as an Ideological Struggle -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter Five Illegal House Construction in Peri-Urban Areas -- 5.1 Laws on Land and Housing in Vietnam -- 5.2 Development and Housing in Peri-Urban Districts -- 5.3 Displacement and Unsettled Settlement -- 5.4 Negotiated Residency -- 5.5 House Demolition |
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5.6 Old-Age Precarity, Debt, and Destitution -- 5.7 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Addressing Precarity: What Role for the Law? -- (Mis)match between Law and Other Sets of Values and Understandings of Justice -- Legal Ambiguity and the Prevalence of Informal Processes and Practices -- The Regulatory and Normative Role of the State -- Law and Precarity in a Global Context -- Appendix -- Laws Cited -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Offers an original understanding of the mutually reinforcing relationship between law and precarity in daily life in Vietnam |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Social legislation -- Vietnam
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Law -- Social aspects -- Vietnam
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Law -- Social aspects
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Social legislation
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Vietnam
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1009190164 |
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9781009180481 |
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1009180487 |
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9781009190169 |
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