Sự thích ứng của cư dân các khu tập thể cũ ở Hà Nội trong việc tham gia vào nền kinh tế thị trường giai đoạn đầu sau Đổi mới. (Vietnamese)

The Adaptation of Residents Living in Hanoi's Old Soviet- Style Apartment Blocks (Microrayons) to the Market Economy during the Initial Period after Doi Moi. (English)

Collective housing is one of the "formulas for re-shaping the social consciousness", as Russian scholar Azarova (2001) put it, during the period of socialist construction in the North of Vietnam. In the period after 1986, Doi Moi brought the spirit of the market economy into the old Soviet-Style apartment blocks (microrayons), forming a picture with many interweaving colors. In this context, it is noteworthy that the constraints of past attitudes as well as the lack of capital have reduced the opportunities of residents of the old Soviet-Style apartment blocks to access the market economy in order to improve their quality of life. However, the dynamism of a part of residents in the old Soviet-style apartment blocks during the transition has helped them adapt to the "moral" pressure of old viewpoints to satisfy the need for diversifying their livelihood. The article focuses on analyzing the adaptation of a part of these microrayons' residents, who are strongly influenced by their backgrounds, to integrate into the market economy in their own way. The process of adaptation also shows the ideological movement that took place in the old microrayons - which were once considered a symbol of socialist society - during the transition period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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