Thomas Jandl, American University, Washington DC, USA Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet, Australian National University, Australia Edmund Malesky, Duke University, USA Carlyle A. Thayer, The University of New South Wales, Australia Thaveeporn Vasavakul, Governance Support Facility Initiatives (GoSFI), USA Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, USA Andrew Wells-Dang, Advocacy Coalition Support Program, Vietnam

"Politics in Contemporary Vietnam is a most welcome contribution towards better fathoming the changes the country is undergoing. All of the chapters contribute towards a better understanding of Vietnamese politics, although in quite different ways. ... the chapters in this volume complement each other nicely and together form a strong contribution to the field." (Arve Hansen, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 46 (1), 2016)

• 1. Politics in Contemporary Vietnam; Jonathan D. London 2. Persistence amid Decay: The Communist Party of Vietnam at 83; Tuong Vu 3. State versus State: The Principal-Agent Problem in Vietnam's Decentralizing Economic Reforms; Thomas Jandl 4. Authoritarianism Reconfigured: Evolving accountability relations within Vietnam's One-Party Rule; Thaveeporn Vasavakul 5. Understanding the Confidence Vote in Vietnamese National Assembly: An Update on Adverse Effects of Sunshine; Edmund J. Malesky 5. Government Repression and Toleration of Dissidents in Contemporary Vietnam; Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 7. The Apparatus of Authoritarian Rule in Vietnam; Carlyle Thayer 8. The Political Influence of Civil Society in Vietnam; Andrew Wells-Dang 9. Toward a New Politics?; Jonathan London