Cultural Capital in Development Market Economy of the Dao Ethnic Group: An Approach to Anthropological Theory

Abstract

For several years, research on development issues in mountainous areas has basically focused on interpreting the transition from the traditional economy to the market economy. It is crystal clear that the development of market economy plays an important role in the mountainous community culture. Doing a case study on the development of the market economy of Dao ethnic minority people in Sapa district (Lao Cai Province), this article attempts to explicate the role of cultural capital in determining the development process. It can be considered as a theoretical analysis which makes a partial contribution on further analyzing the significantly  decisive factors to the market economy development process in mountainous areas.