Changing political economy of Vietnam : the case of Ho Chi Minh City

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25 cm

RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 5

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-183) and index

Cover; Changing Political Economy of Vietnam: The case of Ho Chi Minh City; Untitled; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; 1 From plan to market: the logic of decentralisation; Introduction; Decentralisation and reform; Ho Chi Minh City; Ho Chi Minh City under planning: the logic of control; Ho Chi Minh City and reform: increased autonomy; Decentralisation versus centralisation: the controlling imperative; Characterising local governments: from developmentalism to rent-seeking; Disaggregating the state: differing incentives; Methodology and sources; The structure of the book

2 In business: the hollowing out of the state sectorIntroduction; Ho Chi Minh City's political economy in the second half of the 1990s; New business opportunities with reform; High growth sectors; The emergence of diversified business corporations; Changing property rights; New management; Bureaucratic and political background; From speculation to smuggling; Conclusion; 3 Patterns of circulation: democratic centralism under strain; Introduction; Democratic centralism: the official picture; Democratic centralism under strain; Explaining change; The changing character of elites

Politics and business: three patternsClientelist networks; Democratic centralism undermined: the exception or the rule?; Conclusion; 4 Institutional conflict: the city, the centre and the lower levels; Introduction; Institutional rivalry: which institutions and what is at stake?; The city People's Committee, the departments and the districts; Some patterns: pressure from above and below; Clampdowns: a backseat role for the city People's Committee; Where do clampdowns come from and why do they occur?; Momentum lost; The role of the city in clampdowns

The city People's Committee's response to Decree 18: singing the tune of the lower levelsLimits to the centre's writ in Ho Chi Minh City; Conclusion; 5 The politics of economic decentralisation: the Tamexco and Minh Phung-Epco cases; Introduction; The rise of Tamexco, Epco and Minh Phung; The fall of Tamexco, Epco and Minh Phung; Explaining Tamexco's and Minh Phung-Epco's fall; Proving guilt; The politics of economic decentralisation; 6 Rethinking reform: property rights and the dynamics of change; Introduction; Opposition to reform?; Changes in property rights

Government-centred property rightsEnforcing property rights; Ho Chi Minh City's property arrangements explained; What has changed?; What is the momentum of change?; The meaning of reform; Critiquing the Vietnam literature; Spontaneous change and reform; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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