1. From plan to market : the logic of decentralisation -- 2. In business : the hollowing out of the state sector -- 3. Patterns of circulation : democratic centralism under strain -- 4. Institutional conflict : the city, the centre and the lower levels -- 5. The politics of economic decentralisation : the Tamexco and Minh Phung-Epco cases -- 6. Rethinking reform : property rights and the dynamics of change
Summary
The book explores the way in which the state has become commercialised as party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this has had on politics within Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-183) and index
