Politics in Contemporary Vietnam: Party, State, and Authority Relations

by J. London (Editor)

Overview

Vietnam's political development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase. Comprising contributions from leading Vietnam scholars, this volume comprehensively explores the core aspects of Vietnam's politics, providing a cutting-edge analysis of politics in one of East Asia's least understood countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137347534
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/13/2014
Series:	Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Thomas Jandl, American University, Washington DC, USA Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet, Australian National University, Australia Edmund Malesky, Duke University, USA Carlyle A. Thayer, The University of New South Wales, Australia Thaveeporn Vasavakul, Governance Support Facility Initiatives (GoSFI), USA Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, USA Andrew Wells-Dang, Advocacy Coalition Support Program, Vietnam

Table of Contents

1. Politics in Contemporary Vietnam; Jonathan D. London 2. Persistence amid Decay: The Communist Party of Vietnam at 83; Tuong Vu 3. State versus State: The Principal-Agent Problem in Vietnam's Decentralizing Economic Reforms; Thomas Jandl 4. Authoritarianism Reconfigured: Evolving accountability relations within Vietnam's One-Party Rule; Thaveeporn Vasavakul 5. Understanding the Confidence Vote in Vietnamese National Assembly: An Update on Adverse Effects of Sunshine; Edmund J. Malesky 5. Government Repression and Toleration of Dissidents in Contemporary Vietnam; Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 7. The Apparatus of Authoritarian Rule in Vietnam; Carlyle Thayer 8. The Political Influence of Civil Society in Vietnam; Andrew Wells-Dang 9. Toward a New Politics?; Jonathan London

Editorial Reviews

Politics in Contemporary Vietnam is a most welcome contribution towards better fathoming the changes the country is undergoing. All of the chapters contribute towards a better understanding of Vietnamese politics, although in quite different ways. … the chapters in this volume complement each other nicely and together form a strong contribution to the field.” (Arve Hansen, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 46 (1), 2016)

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