Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam

Jonathan D. London is an associate professor of political economy at Leiden University, the Netherlands. His recent publications include Welfare and Inequality in Marketizing East Asia (2018), Politics in Contemporary Vietnam (2014), and Education in Vietnam (2011).

• 1 How to Study Contemporary Vietnam? 2 The Communist Party of Vietnam: Consolidating Market-Leninism 3 Political Representation in Contemporary Vietnam 4 Public Political Criticism in Vietnam, 1990s–2018 5 Civil Society and Advocacy Networks in Vietnam 6 The Role of the Military and Public Security in Contemporary Vietnam 7 Human Rights in Contemporary Vietnam 8 Vietnam’s Foreign Policy: Structure, Evolution, and Contemporary Challenges 9 Vietnam’s Extraordinary Economic Journey from Poverty to Prosperity 10 Vietnam’s Foreign Direct Investment and Export Performance 11 Contemporary Vietnam: State Effectiveness Under Conditions of Commercialization 12 The Political Economy of Private-Sector Development in Vietnam Since Doi Moi 13 Decentralization and Economic Development in Vietnam 14 Contradictions of Multistakeholder Labor Relations in Vietnam 15 Land in Contemporary Vietnam 16 Market Personhood in Urban Southern Vietnam 17 Contemporary Vietnam’s Economy in Historical Perspective: Đổi Mới or Đổi Lại? 18 Welfare, Inequality, and Opportunity in Contemporary Vietnam 19 Education and Development in Vietnam: A Glass Half Full? 20 Contemporary Vietnam’s Health Status and Health System 21 Post-Colonial Urbanization in Vietnam: Urban Order and Unruliness 22 Sociocultural Life and Social Relations in Rural Vietnam’s Lowlands 23 The Cosmopolitan Delta: Ethnic Pluralism at the Mouth of the Mekong 24 Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: State Relations and Social Change 25 Environment and Society in Contemporary Vietnam: Development, Crisis, and Responses 26 The Family in Contemporary Viet Nam 27 Feminism in Vietnam: Women’s Studies, Gender Research, and Intersections 28 Masculinity and Violence in Vietnam 29 Marriage, Family and Kinship in Vietnam: Shadows and Silences 30 The Affairs of Men: Masculinity in Contemporary Vietnam 31 LGBTQ in Vietnam: Heteronormativity and Resistance 32 Contemporary Vietnamese Cuisine 33 Driving Doi Moi: Motorbikes, Cars, and Capitalism in Vietnam’s Socialist Market Economy 34 Religion in Contemporary Vietnam 35 Movements of Independent Art in Contemporary Vietnam 36 Revolutionary Journalism in Contemporary Vietnam 37 Popular Television: Socialist Politics and Market Competition 38 Remembrance, Commemoration, and Revolutionary Apparitions: Ritualizing Connections with the Past and the Future in Vietnam

“This is an extremely valuable compilation of essays by more than forty scholars coming from three generations, elucidating important developments in Vietnam during the past three decades. I learned a great deal.”David G. Marr, Australian National University, Australia“An excellent guide to the politics and economy of Vietnam today, the handbook also illuminates a variety of social issues. It should be of interest to individuals engaged in scholarship, business, or tourism.”Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Harvard University, USA“This is an excellent volume comprehensive in its coverage of contemporary Vietnam, and attentive in its multiple approaches across disciplines and fields of knowledge. It’s a necessary handbook for interested students of Vietnam as well as those seeking any kind of engagement with the country.”Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, University of California, Los Angeles , USA“An essential resource for understanding the complex dynamics of social, political, economic, cultural, and ecological transformation in Vietnam. International contributors from across the social sciences provide a brilliant overview of Vietnam past and present, while raising important questions about the direction of future research.”Christina Schwenkel, Journal of Vietnamese Studies