UID:
almafu_9959232899302883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-37439-9
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0-203-35456-7
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1-134-37440-2
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1-280-03135-2
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0-203-56946-6
Series Statement:
Rethinking Southeast Asia
Content:
A uniquely comprehensive overview of a fascinating and rapidly changing country, dealing with the politics, economics, society and foreign policy of Vietnam from the Doi Moi reforms of market socialism in 1986 to the present day. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis by an international team of specialists this book covers all aspects of contemporary Vietnam including recent history, the political economy, the reform process, education, health, labour market, foreign direct investment and foreign policy. The contributors show how the blurring of old and new pressures and traditions within Vietnam
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Vietnam country profile; Introduction; Politics; Political facts about Vietnam; State, party and political change in Vietnam; Rethinking the history of the Vietnamese Communist Party; Key issues in the political economy of post-doi moi Vietnam; Politics in mountain communes: exploring Vietnamese grassroots democracy; Economy; Vietnam's economy; Growth and reform since the Eighth Party Congress
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The social challenges of reform: restructuring state-owned enterprises in VietnamVietnam's rural transformation: information, knowledge and diversification; Society; Key social facts about Vietnam; Rethinking Vietnam's mass education and health systems; Centralism the dilemma of educational reforms in Vietnam; An emerging civil society? Local associations working on HIV/AIDS; Pursuing success in present-day Vietnam: young graduates in Hanoi; Foreign relations; Vietnam's external relations; Rethinking foreign investment in Vietnam: fuzzy figures and sentiment swings
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Recent changes in Vietnam's foreign policy: implications for Vietnam ASEAN relationsBibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-33585-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31621-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203569467
