Vietnam'spolitical development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase.
Politics in Vietnam, long a predictable affair, are today characterized by a sense of …

This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and
Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It …

Scholarly literature on cross-sectoral collaboration is rich, but incomplete as most studies
tend to overlook nuances across different service categories. Though many studies confirm …

Executive summary Vietnam's laws, policies and decrees do not explicitly discriminate
against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals but their rights are not …

Collaborative relations between international and local non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) have often been analysed in terms of their nature and impacts. This study explores …

This article explores both state-based regulation and self-regulation, shared narratives, and
lessons to better understand the interaction of these two forms of regulation in the nonprofit …

The impact of international donor arrival on local civil society organizations (CSO s) is well
researched. Less well understood is how local CSO s react and adapt to donor withdrawal …

Associationalism under authoritarian rule is not automatically a good thing. The empirical
findings laid out in this article indicate that authoritarian dispositions and practices are …

This thesis re-conceptualises civil society as a process of cross-sectoral networking and
alliance building among individual activists and organisations. Civil society networks are …

Since 2006, international organisations in Lao PDR have worked closely with local actors in
order to foster the creation of an enabling environment for civil society. By conceiving of civil …