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03797aam a2200505 i 4500 001 14C139BE177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 200604s2021 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020025604 020 $a 1503614743 020 $a 9781503614741 020 $a 150361462X 020 $a 9781503614628 035 $a (OCoLC)1157356030 040 $a CSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d TOH $d OCLCO $d WIS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-vt--- 050 00 $a JQ854 $b .S45 2021 100 1 $a Schuler, Paul, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a United front : $b projecting solidarity through deliberation in Vietnam's single-party legislature / $c Paul Schuler. 264 1 $a Stanford, California : $b Stanford University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xv, 247 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index. 505 0 $a The signaling trap -- How elections work in Vietnam -- "Unconditional party government" : legislative organization in the VNA -- Explaining the evolution of the VNA -- Mobilized or motivated? -- Explaining oversight behavior -- Intimidation or legitimation? 520 $a "Conventional wisdom emerging from China and other autocracies claims that single-party legislatures and elections are mutually beneficial for citizens and autocrats. This line of thought reasons that these institutions can serve multiple functions, like constraining political leaders or providing information about citizens. In "United Front," Paul Schuler challenges these views through his examination of the past and present functioning of the Vietnam National Assembly (VNA), arguing that the legislature's primary role is to signal strength to the public. When active, the critical behavior from delegates in the legislature represents crossfire within the regime rather than genuine citizen feedback. In making these arguments, Schuler counters a growing scholarly trend to see democratic institutions within single-party settings like China and Vietnam as useful for citizens or regime performance. His argument also suggests that there are limits to generating genuinely "consultative authoritarianism" through quasidemocratic institutions. Applying a diverse range of cutting edge social science methods on a wealth of original data such as legislative speeches, election returns, and surveys, Schuler shows that even in a seemingly vociferous legislature like the VNA, the ultimate purpose of the institution is to signal the regime's preferences while taking down rivals; not to reflect the views of citizens"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a Vietnam. $b Quoc hoÄi. 610 17 $a Vietnam. $b Quoc hoÄi. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00713589 650 0 $a Legislative bodies $z Vietnam. 650 0 $a One-party systems $z Vietnam. 650 0 $a Authoritarianism $z Vietnam. 651 0 $a Vietnam $x Politics and government $y 1975- 650 7 $a Authoritarianism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821640 650 7 $a Legislative bodies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995690 650 7 $a One-party systems. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01045767 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Vietnam. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204778 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a Since 1975 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schuler, Paul, 1979- $t United front. $d Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2021. $z 9781503614758 $w (DLC) 2020025605 830 0 $a Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017024338.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14C139BE177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search