Vu, A.N. (2019) NGO-led activism under authoritarian rule of Vietnam : between cooperation and contestation. Community Development, 50 (4). pp. 422-439. ISSN 1557-5330
Abstract
There is a significant lacuna in the literature on civil society activism in authoritarian contexts. This research addresses this gap by providing an innovative conceptual framework that draws upon relational approach to civil society and mainstream social movement theories. The research focuses on legitimacy, autonomy as well as formality and informality as defining characteristics of civil society activism. In the light of this framework, the paper provides an in-depth empirical account of the processes through which a local NGO in one-party ruled Vietnam orchestrates community mobilization to improve policy delivery response to the poor. This paper argues that by taking advantage of their embedded relation into the state, working within and through bureaucratic structures, manipulating available structural links, as well as strategizing around both formal and informal channels of activism, Vietnamese NGOs are seeking to carve out more room for themselves to manoeuvre in critical actions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Community Development Society. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Community Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Authoritarianism; civil society activism; embedded activism; legitimacy; NGO-led mobilization |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2019 10:59 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2021 11:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/15575330.2019.1642925 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150196 |