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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464694303321

Autore

MacLean Ken

Titolo

The government of mistrust : illegibility and bureaucratic power in socialist Vietnam / / Ken MacLean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-299-29593-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Disciplina

320.809597

Soggetti

Local government - State supervision - Vietnam

Regional planning - Social aspects - Vietnam

Rural development - Vietnam

Bureaucracy - Vietnam

Electronic books.

Vietnam Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Terminological Note""; ""Introduction""; ""Period I . The Pre-centralization of Documentation: Revolutionary Mobilization before Collectivization""; ""1. Call-and-Response Dialogues: Struggling to Convert Mistrust into Trust""; ""2. Field Reports: Confusing the Exemplary with the Deviant""; ""Period II. The Centralization of Documentation: Bureaucratic Professionalism following Collectivization""; ""Introduction: Conflicting Narratives: The Transition to State Socialism""

""3. Administrative Templates: Standardizing Vagueness""""4. Labor Contracts: Muddling Licit Practices with Illicit Ones""; ""5. Performance Audits: Identifying Known Unknowns""; ""Period III. The Para-centralization of Documentation: Socialist Marketization after Decollectivization""; ""Introduction: Mistaking Fact as Fiction and Fiction as Fact: The Transition out of State Socialism""; ""6. Village Conventions: Misportraying Private Interests as Public Ones""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix 1. The State Administrative Structure



(2001)""

""Appendix 2. List of Contracting Experiments by Location, Type, and Date""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""