{"product_id":"between-war-and-the-state-9781501770579","title":"Between War and the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween War and the State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Van Nguyen-Marshall examines an array of voluntary activities, including mutual-help, professional, charitable, community development, student, women''s, and rights organizations active in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.\u003c\/b\u003e By bringing focus to the public lives of South Vietnamese people, \u003ci\u003eBetween War and the State \u003c\/i\u003echallenges persistent stereotypes of South Vietnam as a place without society or agency. Such robust associational life underscores how an active civil society survived despite difficulties imposed by the war, government restrictions, economic hardship, and external political forces. These competing political forces, which included the United States, Western aid agencies, and Vietnamese communist agents, created a highly competitive arena wherein the South Vietnamese state did not have a monopoly on persuasive or coercive power. To maintain its influence, the state sometimes needed to accommodate groups and lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Theory and Scope\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Historical and Political Landscape\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sociability and Associational Life in South Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e 3. Performing Social Service in South Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e 4. Voluntary Efforts in Social and Community Development\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social and Political Activism of Students in South Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eS.ng Thn\u003c\/i\u003e Newspaper and the \"Highway of Horror\" Project\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Fight for Rights and Freedoms in the 1970s\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Challenges and Possibilities in Comparative Context\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409372520791,"sku":"9781501770579","price":86.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501770579.jpg?v=1730506577","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-war-and-the-state-9781501770579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}