Échanges, dons et dettes. Réseaux sociaux et résilience dans le Vietnam d’aujourd’hui

Emmanuel Pannier and Gwenn Pulliat

Revue Tiers-Monde, 2016, vol. N° 226-227, issue 2, 95-121

Abstract: The article analyzes an essential, yet overlooked aspect of Vietnamese people?s everyday life: non-market circulation. This concept refers to transactions which take place outside the market and rely on interpersonal relations. It is highly developed in Vietnam under different forms: donations, loans with or without interest, revolving credits, etc. This circulation structures a network of mutual aid to which everyone may resort in difficult times and which, as such, has become a fundamental feature of the resilience of households; as a result, to a certain extent, it is similar to social security. In a context in which neither the market, the State, kinship, nor religion is sufficient to maintain social bonds, non-market circulation ? with its utilitarian and social functions ? is a central element of Vietnamese society today.

Keywords: Vietnam; non-market circulation; donation; resilience; social security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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