{"product_id":"development-in-spirit-religious-transformation-and-everyday-politics-in-vietnams-highlands-9780299342302","title":"Development in Spirit  Religious Transformation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs state economic policies promote integration under a single logic of modernist development, many impoverished groups remain on the margins. \u003cem\u003eDevelopment in Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e explores the practices employed by communities on the fringes of such nation-building projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this stimulating study, Rumsby shows how Christianity offers the Hmong in northwest Vietnam autonomous resources for engaging with state-directed modernization. Empowered by their faith, the people of this uplands minority have charted a path to development that promises prosperity and coexistence with the state on their own terms.\" - Philip Taylor, Australian National University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Historical Context and Strange Parallels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Changing Livelihoods, Precarious\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelopment Trajectories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. The Political Economy of New Christian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Neoliberalism in Everyday Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Conversion and Gender Relations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. Alternative Paths to Development?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401488310615,"sku":"9780299342302","price":56.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299342302.jpg?v=1730477600","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/development-in-spirit-religious-transformation-and-everyday-politics-in-vietnams-highlands-9780299342302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}