Political Legitimacy of Vietnam’s One Party-State: Challenges and Responses

This article focuses on the challenges to the authority of Vietnam’s one-party state that emerged in 2009 and state responses. Three separate challenges are discussed: opposition to bauxite mining in the Central Highlands; mass protests by the Catholic Church over land ownership issues; and revived...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlyle A. Thayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/170