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The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least understood countries. Following an introduction that highlights major changes that have unfolded in Vietnam over the past three decades, the volume is organized into four thematic parts: Politics and Society -- Economy and Society -- Social Life and Institutions -- Cultures in Motion --- Part I addresses key aspects of Vietnam’s politics, from the role of the Communist Party of Vietnam in shaping the country’s institutional evolution, to continuity and change in patterns of socio-political organization, political expression, state repression, diplomatic relations, and human rights. Part II assesses the transformation of Vietnam’s economy, addressing patterns of economic growth, investment and trade, the role of the state in the economy, and other economic aspects of social life. Parts III and IV examine developments across a variety of social and cultural fields through chapters on themes including welfare, inequality, social policy, urbanization, the environment and society, gender, ethnicity, the family, cuisine, art, mass media, and the politics of remembrance. --- Featuring 38 essays by leading Vietnam scholars from around the world, this book provides a cutting-edge analysis of Vietnam’s transformation and changing engagement with the world. It is an invaluable interdisciplinary reference work that will be of interest to students and academics of Southeast Asian studies, as well as policymakers, analysts, and anyone wishing to learn more about contemporary Vietnam. === Table of Contents--- 1 How to Study Contemporary Vietnam? / Jonathan D. London--- Part I: Politics and Society --- 2 The Communist Party of Vietnam: Consolidating Market-Leninism / Jonathan D. London--- 3 Political Representation in Contemporary Vietnam / Paul Schuler--- 4 Public Political Criticism in Vietnam, 1990s–2018 / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet--- 5 Civil Society and Advocacy Networks in Vietnam / Andrew Wells-Dang--- 6 The Role of the Military and Public Security in Contemporary Vietnam / Carlyle A. Thayer--- 7 Human Rights in Contemporary Vietnam / Gisle Kvanvig--- 8 Vietnam’s Foreign Policy: Structure, Evolution, and Contemporary Challenges / Le Hong Hiep--- Part II: Economy and Society--- 9 Vietnam’s Extraordinary Economic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity / Martin Rama--- 10 Vietnam’s Foreign Direct Investment and Export Performance / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Trung Kien Nguyen--- 11 Contemporary Vietnam: State Effectiveness Under Conditions of Commercialization / Jonathan Pincus--- 12 The Political Economy of Private-Sector Development in Vietnam Since Doi Moi / Tu-Anh Vu-Thanh--- 13 Decentralization and Economic Development in Vietnam / Edmund Malesky--- 14 Contradictions of Multistakeholder Labor Relations in Vietnam / Angie Ngọc Trần--- 15 Land in Contemporary Vietnam / Nguyễn Văn Sửu--- 16 Market Personhood in Urban Southern Vietnam / Ann Marie Leshkowich--- 17 Contemporary Vietnam’s Economy in Historical Perspective: Đổi Mới or Đổi Lại? / Gerard Sasges--- Part III: Social Life and Institutions--- 18 Welfare, Inequality, and Opportunity in Contemporary Vietnam / Jonathan D. London and Jonathan Pincus--- 19 Education and Development in Vietnam: A Glass Half Full? Diep Phan and Ian Coxhead--- 20 Contemporary Vietnam’s Health Status and Health System / Tran Khanh Toan--- 21 Post-Colonial Urbanization in Vietnam: Urban Order and Unruliness / Erik Harms and Danielle Labbé--- 22 Sociocultural Life and Social Relations in Rural Vietnam’s Lowlands / Hy Van Luong and Phan Văn Dốp--- 23 The Cosmopolitan Delta: Ethnic Pluralism at the Mouth of the Mekong/ Philip Taylor--- 24 Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: State Relations and Social Change / Pamela McElwee--- 25 Environment and Society in Contemporary Vietnam: Development, Crisis, and Responses / Nga Dao---
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