Vietnam: Rethinking the State offers an exciting and up-to-date look at the politics of this
fascinating country as it seeks to make the transition from war-torn economic backwater to a …

This article examines four arenas in Vietnam's political life in which statesociety relations are
problematic: governing institutions and processes, mass media, agricultural collectives, and …

The 1997 Asian financial cnsis came as a wake-up call to Vietnam's Communist Party elite.
While the immediate impact was not dramatic, largely because Vietnam's currency was not …

This book explores the way in which the state has become commercialised under reform as
party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this …

Abstract Public Administration Reform (PAR) in Vietnam is an ambitious programme that
seeks to implement 'rule by law'within a centralized, state management framework. It is a …

This book is based upon extensive and repeated fieldwork, close observation and familiarity
with institutional detail. It traces Vietnam's early attempts to create in State Owned …

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the highly regarded 1993 book" Driven by
Growth", this work presents the political-economic evolution of the Asia-Pacific countries …

For much of the second half of the twentieth century, the Asian economic" miracle" has
fueled the greatest expansion of wealth for the largest population in the history of mankind …

This chapter considers the relevance of the concept of transition as it relates to the higher
education sector in Vietnam in the immediate post-doi moi period, 1986–1998. It examines …

In Vietnam and China, decentralisation is a by‐product, both by default and design, of the
transition to a state‐managed market economy. A dual process of horizontal and vertical …