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Vietnam¡¦s Economical Transition and Political Development: A Perspective of State Theory

Since the Vietnamese Communist Party passed the resolution to implement the ¡§Doi Moi¡¨ policy in the sixth National Congress in December 1986, Vietnam¡¦s economy has transformed from state-controlled economic system to market and socialism-oriented economy. This change of economic system has contributed to the recent economic improvement in Vietnam, a key point of studying Vietnam¡¦s political development. On the perspective of political economy, modernization theory contends that economic development helps political democratization, whereas stably hegemony theory argues that economic achievement may bring about stability for authoritarian regimes. Based on state theory, this paper takes two dimensions, i.e. state autonomy and state capacity, to examine the issue whether the Vietnamese state will be influenced after Vietnam¡¦s political and economic reforms. This paper concludes that modernization theory is not able to explain the current political economy of Vietnam, because Vietnam did not change from a strong state to a weak state. Rather, Vietnam maintains a strong state, which fits the explanation of state theory.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0510105-172818
Date10 May 2005
CreatorsCheng, Chih-Sheng
ContributorsWan-Ping Tai, Yi-Ren Dzeng, Samuel C.Y. Ku
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0510105-172818
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