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Vietnam’s Dissidents

Political Dissonance in the Age of Global Capitalism and Coloniality

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Authors:
  1. Susann Pham

    1. Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye

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  • The first ethnography on political resistance and social movements in contemporary Vietnam

  • Explores distinct political practices and political ideas of Vietnam's dissidents

  • Observes anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian practices of democracy, peasant, and religious activities

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Making of Dissidents

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 23-72

  4. A Non-collective Democracy Movement

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 73-121

  5. Rights-Based Resistance of Dissident Labor and Land Activists

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 123-162

  6. Catholic Dissidents

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 163-206

  7. Conclusion and No End to Political Dissonance

    • Susann Pham
    Pages 207-215

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-226
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About this book

This book is the first ethnography on Vietnam’s contemporary dissident movement. As a country that became known and is still remembered as one of the last remnants of Communist revolutions, Vietnam has managed to lift itself from one of the poorest war-torn post-colonies to one of the fastest growing market economies in Southeast Asia. Yet, while holding on to the legacy of a communist-led liberation movement, the present-day Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) finds itself subject to political challenges from below. In recent years, dissident voices critical of the party-state's malgovernance over social, economic and environmental issues have mushroomed across classes, generations and provinces. Based on extensive ethnographic data, this book explores distinct political practices and political ideas of Vietnam's dissidents. It examines different anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian practices of democracy, labour, peasant and religious activists and reveals that anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian practices are—at times—motivated by nationalist, anti-communist and statist ideas and ideologies. Understanding this dissonance between political practices and political ideas within the context of global capitalism and coloniality lies at the heart of this book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye

    Susann Pham

About the author

Susann Pham (Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester, UK) holds a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye. Her research interests include southern social movements, political ideologies and decolonial, Marxist and state theories. At Bilkent University, she teaches sociology courses among other topics.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vietnam’s Dissidents

  • Book Subtitle: Political Dissonance in the Age of Global Capitalism and Coloniality

  • Authors: Susann Pham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4606-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4605-1Published: 24 September 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4608-2Due: 08 October 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-4606-8Published: 23 September 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 226

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Southeast Asia, Asian Politics, Philosophy, general, Political Theory

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