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Text Box: TVF in the News Internet Sources on Vietnam   Vietnam by  World Governments on WWW Academic Articles on Vietnam's Economic Issues from Harvard's Vietnam Program Academic Articles on Vietnam's Economic & Rural Issues from Adam Fforde Studies and Papers from 2001 World Values Survey - Vietnam Analyses on Vietnam from ASEAN Focus Articles on Vietnam from Tomorrow Vietnamese Forum Documents on Vietnam from Human Rights Watch Articles on Vietnam from Reporters Without Borders Conference Papers on Vietnam by Vietnamese Professionals of America Conference Papers on Vietnam by VPS North American Conference 2004 Journalistic Articles on Vietnam by The Economist Journalistic Articles on Vietnam from Radio Free America Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind & Spirits from American Museum of Natural History Vietnam's Past and Present by Yahoo News New York Times' Vietnam Travel Guide Discovery Channel's Tourism in Vietnam Updates and Information from The Vietnamese Studies Group   Sources in Vietnam Viet Nam News Nhan Dan Thanh Nien News The Voice of Vietnam Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Culture and Information Vietnam's Mission to the United Nations National Assembly Communist Party of Vietnam Embassy of Vietnam in the United States    NGOS in Vietnam UNDP WHO World Bank IMF Asian Development Bank Vietnamese American NGOs       

 

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Text Box: Syllabus  - Exam 1 - Exam 2       DATE 8/21 8/23-25 ` `   8/28-9/6 ' ' '   9/8-15         9/18-9/29                     10/2-10/11                     10/13-20                 10/25 10/27   10/25-11/3                   11/6-11/10                 11/13-11/15       11/17-12/1                                                                        TOPIC Introduction A Primer: Youth & Internet ' '   Overview of VN History ' ' '   Vietnamese Communism ' '     Post-1975 Vietnam Politics                     Doi Moi Economic Reforms                     Vietnam Foreign Policy                 EXAM  I Outline Due   Civil Society                   Education and Youth                 Gender       Religion and Human Rights   READING ASSIGNMENT None The Making of the Vietnamese Post-War Generation by Long Le                               Challenges to Youth Employment in Viet Nam by UNDP Internet Filtering in Vietnam in 2005-2006 by OpenNet Initiative    One Country, Many Journeys by Oscar Salemink "The Unexplained Miracle" by Craig Lockard "The Historical Legacy" (between China and Vietnam) by Henry Kenny "A Passion For Modernity" by David Marr (Luong's required text)   "Redefining Culture and Morality" by Shaun Kingsley Malarney "Rethinking the history of the VCP" by Quinn-Judge (McCargo's required text) "Vietnam: The Changing Models of  Legitimation" by T. Vasavakul Historical Research in Vietnam by Nguyen The Anh    "Neo-colonialism as poison" by Philip Taylor "Renunciations of socialism" by Philip Taylor Vietnam's Tentative Transformation by Frederick Brown State, party and political change in Vietnam by Chris Dixon (McCargo's required text) Politics in the mountain communes by Claudia Zingerli (McCargo's required text) Key issues in the political economy by Martin Gainsborough (McCargo's required text) Political Outlook for Vietnam, 2005-2006 by Carlyle A. Thayer    Suggested Readings: Vietnam's Constitution of 2001; Political Structure  - Political Forces by The Economist Intelligent Unit;  The Vietnam People’s Army as a Constituency by Thayer Carlyle   Growth and reform since 8th Party Congress by Ari Kokko (McCargo's required text) The social challenges of reform by Gerard Clarke (McCargo's required text) Economic Transition, Uneven Development by Melanie Beresford (Luong's required text) Household and private business development by Arkadie & Mallon Wealth, Power, and Inequality by Hy Luong (Luong's required text) Vietnam's rural transformation by Tran Thi Thu Trang (McCargo's required text) Public Attitudes toward a Market Economy by Pham & Pham The Situation: Vietnam Decides Its Future by David Dapice   Suggested Readings: Why Don't Northern Provinces Grow Faster? by David Dapice; Land rights and economic development by the World Bank Vietnam’s Reform Program: Is Progress Possible? by Carlyle Thayer   Vietnamese Foreign Policy by Carlyle Thayer Implications for Vietnam-ASEAN relations by Dosch & Ta (McCargo's required text) China and Vietnam by Brantly Womack The Politics of Sino-Vietnamese Relations by Henry Kenny Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process by Mark E. Manyin The Trade Deal and Vietnam’s Future by Zachary Abuza Rethinking foreign investment by Freeman and Nestor (McCargo's required text) Winners and Losers of Vietnam's Food Policy by Long Le Various articles dealing with Vietnam and WTO membership   Suggested Readings: The Sino-Vietnamese Boundary Dispute and Settlement by Eric Hyer; Vietnam’s Accession to the ASEAN by Emiko Fukase and Will Martin     Postwar Vietnamese Society by Hy Luong Analysis of State-Society Relations by Benedict Kerkvliet Searching for Civil Society by Khanh Tran Thanh Civil Society and Social Capital in Vietnam by Dalton & Ong Civil Society Participation in Poverty Reduction by SGTS & Associates An emerging civil society (working on HIV/AIDS) by Blanc (McCargo's required text) The Emerging Civil Society by UNDP   Suggested Readings: The Vietnamese Public in Transition by Dalton & Ong; Civil Society in Vietnam by Gita Sabharwal and Than Thi Thien Huong   Higher Education Lags Behind the Times in Vietnam by Martha Ann Overland Centralism - the dilemma of education reforms by Doan (McCargo's required text) Rethinking Vietnam's mass education and health systems by London (McCargo's required text) Challenges to Youth Employment in Viet Nam by UNDP Youth in Viet Nam by UNESCAP Chinese and Vietnamese Youth in the 1990s by Marr and Rosen Pursuing success in present-day Vietnam by Nguyen (McCargo's required text)   Suggested Readings: Education and Earnings in a Transition Economy by Moock    Gender Relations by Luong (Luong's required text) Globalization, Gender and Work by UNDP Gender and Development in Vietnam in the 21st Century by Jackie Bong-Wright   Return to the Past? by Malarney (Luong's required text) Country Profile of Vietnam by Zachary Abuza Vietnam: Montagnards Face Religious, Political Persecution by Human Rights Watch Key Human Rights Issues in Vietnam by Human Rights Watch Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Vietnam (2005) by US Dept. of State Human Trafficking in Vietnam Q&A on the Agent Orange Lawsuit by Long Le   Final Exams and Research Paper due on Dec.8, 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                    Searching for Civil Society by Khanh Tran Thanh Civil Society and Poverty Reduction by SGTS & Associates An Emerging Civil Society (dealing w/ HIV/AIDS) by Blanc (McCargo's required text)                                             Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                  

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