The government of mistrust : illegibility and bureaucratic power in socialist Vietnam / Ken MacLean.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Madison, Wisconsin :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
2013.
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| Series: | New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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| Online Access: | Click for online access |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Terminological Note
- Introduction
- Period I . The Pre-centralization of Documentation: Revolutionary Mobilization before Collectivization
- 1. Call-and-Response Dialogues: Struggling to Convert Mistrust into Trust
- 2. Field Reports: Confusing the Exemplary with the Deviant
- Period II. The Centralization of Documentation: Bureaucratic Professionalism following Collectivization
- Introduction: Conflicting Narratives: The Transition to State Socialism
- 3. Administrative Templates: Standardizing Vagueness4. Labor Contracts: Muddling Licit Practices with Illicit Ones
- 5. Performance Audits: Identifying Known Unknowns
- Period III. The Para-centralization of Documentation: Socialist Marketization after Decollectivization
- Introduction: Mistaking Fact as Fiction and Fiction as Fact: The Transition out of State Socialism
- 6. Village Conventions: Misportraying Private Interests as Public Ones
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. The State Administrative Structure (2001)
- Appendix 2. List of Contracting Experiments by Location, Type, and DateNotes
- References
- Index