VIETNAMESE EXPERIENCE 45 make or accept transformations meeting his economic interests. This is a fundamental reason why a dialectical approach between the transformation of the material basis and the change in the social relations of production should be respected. 1 F Houtart and G Lemcrcinier, Sociologie d^une commune metnamienne'. Participation sociale, modeles culturels, famille, religion^ dans la commune de Hai Van, C R S R, Louvain-la-Ncuvc, 1981. 2 Christine White, "Peasant Mobilization and Anti-Colonial Struggle in Vietnam: The Rent Reduction Campaign of 1953", The Journal of Peasant Studies^ Vol 10, No 4, January 1983.