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12 - Political Patronage in Vietnam

from Part III - Autocracies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2023

By
Minh-Quang Le ,
Chi-Kien Phung  and
Quang-Minh Le
Edited by
B. Guy Peters ,
Colin Knox  and
Byeong Seob Kim
B. Guy Peters
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Colin Knox
Affiliation:
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Byeong Seob Kim
Affiliation:
Seoul National University
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Summary

This chapter will provide the clarification of the origin, nature, and identify forms of political patronage in Vietnam. First, the authors present the origin of patronage in the context of Vietnamese culture and history; emphasizing the element of feudalism, Confucianism and culture-villageoise. After that, the authors analyze patronage appointments in contemporary Vietnamese politics, in light of its specific institutional dynamics. Finally, the chapter provides various typical case studies for the classification of patronage according to the models of Peters (2021).

Keywords

Political patronageculture-villageoisenepotismcronyismregionalismVietnam
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Political Patronage in Asian Bureaucracies , pp. 288 - 310
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Ngô Đức Thịnh (2010), Nhũ ̛ng giá trị văn hóa truyè̂n thống Việt Nam, NXB. Chính trị Quốc gia, Hà Nội, tr. 300–301, 312–313.Google Scholar
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Literature Exclusively in Vietnamese Language [Tài liệu Tiếng Việt]

Lươ ng Đức Thiệp (2017), Xã hội Việt Nam từ sơ suˀ̛ đến cận đại, NXB. Tri thức, Hà Nội, tr. 91, 149–150.Google Scholar
Ngô Đức Thịnh (2010), Nhũ ̛ng giá trị văn hóa truyè̂n thống Việt Nam, NXB. Chính trị Quốc gia, Hà Nội, tr. 300–301, 312–313.Google Scholar
Trần Quốc Vượng (2016), Văn hóa Việt Nam: Tìm tòi và Suy ngẫm, NXB. Văn học, Hà Nội.Google Scholar
Vũ Đình Hòe (1997), Hối ký Thanh Nghị, NXB Hà Nội, Hà Nội, tr. 318.Google Scholar

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