Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking the state / / Martin Gainsborough

• Autore: Gainsborough Martin <1966->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.9597
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Vietnam
• Soggetto geografico: Vietnam
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About the author; Map of Vietnam; Preface; Introduction; An approach to studying politics; Continuity and change in politics; The inappropriateness of reform as an organizational motif; Structure of the book; 1 Communist party rule; Box 1.1 Vietnam's formal political system at a glance; Changing class interests under reform; State power; Transnational forces; From one-party rule to what?; Conclusion; 2 New state business interests; Ho Chi Minh City's depiction in the literature; Questioning the received wisdom; The rise of new state business interests ; Box 2.1 New state business in Ho Chi Minh City in the 1990sExisting state enterprises diversifying into new areas; The establishment of new state enterprises; The formation of private companies; The growth of the gatekeeping state; Table 2.1 Public-sector employment by local management in Ho Chi Minh City; Table 2.2 Public-sector employment in Ho Chi Minh City, 1990-98; Reformist or more parochial interests?; Conclusion: explaining Ho Chi Minh City's evolution under 'reform'; 3 Corruption; The literature on corruption; Decentralization; Recentralization; Tamexco's rise; Tamexco's fall ; Why did Tamexco fall?Conclusion; 4 Hollowing out the state; Why did equitization initially proceed so slowly before speeding up?; The push factor: less hospitable conditions in the state sector; The pull factor: improving the private-sector climate; Assessing the performance of equitized enterprises; Box 4.1 Post-equitization performance in three provinces; The manner of equitization: future implications; Discipline and encouragement; The nature of ownership: insiders or outsiders?; The nature of ownership: concentrated or diffuse?; Box 4.2 Ownership breakdown of 336 equitized companies ; TransparencyValuing state enterprise assets; Continued state ownership: cash flow and property rights issues; Conclusion; 5 Uncertainty as aninstrument of rule; Privatization as state advance; The companies; Company attitude to equitization; State attitude to equitization; How long did equitization take?; Shareholding structure after equitization; Company directors after equitization; Firm decision-making after equitization; Equitization as 'private indirect government'; Conclusion; Box 5.1 Additional background on companies interviewed; 6 Local politics; Globalization and the state ; Conceptualizing the stateBox 6.1 Why the state matters: views from enterprises in Vietnam's Lao Cai and Tay Ninh provinces; Cross-border flows; Table 6.1 Expanded trade flows in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Private and transnational actors; Table 6.2 Private-sector growth in Lao Cai and Tay Ninh; Box 6.2 Transnational organizations in Lao Cai and Tay Ninh; A stronger state in the era of globalization explained; Box 6.3 Origins of private-sector actors in Vietnam's Lao Cai and Tay Ninh provinces; Conclusion; 7 Sharing the spoils; Box 7.1 What is the Political Report? ; How have past congresses been analysed?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a war-torn economic backwater to a dynamic modern society. Martin Gainsborough argues for a move away from the idea of 'reform' as commonly understood and towards a deeper understanding of the concept, questioning the idea of state retreat. The result is a path-breaking book that gets beneath the surface of Vietnam's politics in a way few outsiders have done.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vietnam
• ISBN: 1-84813-907-1; 1-282-73862-3; 9786612738623; 1-84813-311-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459338903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II