Transforming Asian Socialism - China and Vietnam Compared

Arguing that an understanding of the similarities and differences among communist countries provides valuable insights into their momentous transformations, this comprehensive volume compares recent changes in China and Vietnam. Exploring the economic, political, and social effects of reform programs, the chapters pair leading Vietnam and China scholars in a genuinely comparative analysis. Finding similarities--and unexpected differences--the authors conclude that Vietnam often has forged its own path rather than following the Chinese model.

List of contents

Comparing Vietnam and China: An Introduction
Chapter 1: Exalting the Latecomer State: Intellectuals and the State During the Chinese and Vietnamese Reforms
Chapter 2: From Plan to Market: The Economic Transition in Vietnam and China Compared
Chapter 3: Asian Socialism's Open Doors: Guangzhou and Ho Chi Minh City
Chapter 4: Agrarian Transformations in China and Vietnam
Chapter 5: Wealth and Power in the Transition to Market Economies: The Process of Socio-Economic Differentiation in Rural China and Northern Vietnam
Chapter 6: Political Change in China and Vietnam: Coping with the Consequences of Economic Reform
Chapter 7: Chinese and Vietnamese Youth in the 1990s
Chapter 8: Vietnamese and Chinese Labor Regimes: On the Road to Divergence

About the author

Anita Chan is an Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellow hosted by The Australian National University and co-editor of the China Journal. Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet is head of the Department of Political and Social Change at The Australian National University.

Summary

Arguing that an understanding of the similarities and differences among communist countries provides valuable insights into their momentous transformations, this volume compares changes in China and Vietnam.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anita Chan (Editor), Chan Anita (Editor), Benedict J Tria Kerkvliet (Editor), Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet (Editor), Benedict J Tria Kerkvliet (Editor), Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet (Editor), Jonathan Unger (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.1999
• EAN: 9780847698462
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9846-2
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 156 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Vietnam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism