 Political Elite in Contemporary Vietnam: The Origin and Evolution of the Dominant StratumFutaba Ishizuka The Developing Economies, 2020, vol. 58, issue 4, 276-300 Abstract: Michael Voslensky's concept of nomenklatura has three main features: comprehensive state authority, monopoly of wealth, and a hierarchical personnel system. Such features were found in party‐state leaders in pre‐reform Vietnam. In the doi moi period, the environment in which party‐state leaders operate has changed greatly, but ambiguities remain under the names of the socialist‐oriented market economy and socialist law‐governed state. With the party‐state personnel system essentially unchanged from the pre‐reform period, party‐state leaders have taken advantage of the ambiguous nature of such reforms and consolidated their dominant position in society through acts of corruption and nepotism. The intensive anti‐corruption drive by the 12th tenure party leadership dealt a blow to those who committed such deviations. Nevertheless, it did not fundamentally change the situation of political elite dominance, as it aimed to strengthen the concentration of decision‐making power and added more requirements for would‐be officeholders. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:deveco:v:58:y:2020:i:4:p:276-300 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article The Developing Economies is currently edited by Katsuji Nakagane More articles in The Developing Economies from Institute of Developing Economies Contact information at EDIRC. |
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