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Beyond Hanoi
Local Government in Vietnam
edited by Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet & David Marr, Australian
National University
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The first book in English to examine
local government and authority in Vietnam since the country’s
reunification in 1975, this volume includes a daring criticism of Party
rule at the local level. It addresses four questions: what local
institutions and offices have authority to govern; who are the local
officials and how do they get their positions; what do local governments
do and whose interests do they serve; and what do residents say about
local officials and governing institutions?
Based on in-depth research, six chapters
emphasize particular villages and districts in different parts of the
country: one examines a ward in Hanoi, another focuses on Ho Chi Minh
City, and one compares leaders in several provinces. To contextualize
conditions today, two chapters analyse local government in Vietnam’s
long history. The opening chapter synthesizes the findings in this book
with those in other studies by researchers inside and outside Vietnam.
Contents
Surveying Local Government and Authority in
Contemporary Vietnam; A Brief History of Local Government in Vietnam;
Village Government in Pre-colonial and Colonial Vietnam; Caught in the
Middle: Local Cadres in Hai Dong Province; Winter Crop and Spring
Festival: the Contestations of Local Government in a Red River Delta
Commune; Local Politics and Democracy in a Muong Ethnic Community; Local
Government in the Exercise of State Power: The Politics of Land Allocation
in Black Thai Villages; Urban Government: Ward-level Administration in
Hanoi; The Facilitators of Rural Transformation and Development: The Role
of Agricultural Extension Officers in Two Districts of Long An Province;
Ho Chi Minh City’s Post-1975 Political Elite: Continuity and Change in
Background and Belief; At Provincial Gates: The Impact of FDI on Local
Governance; Index
Published by NIAS Press
Published 2004, 288 pp.
ISBN 978 87 91114 55 7, paperback, £17.99
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