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Political Elite in Contemporary Vietnam: The Origin and Evolution of the Dominant Stratum

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  • Futaba Ishizuka

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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.

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  • Futaba Ishizuka, 2020. "Political Elite in Contemporary Vietnam: The Origin and Evolution of the Dominant Stratum," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 58(4), pages 276-300, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:deveco:v:58:y:2020:i:4:p:276-300
    DOI: 10.1111/deve.12255
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