Kerkvliet, Benedict2015-12-130803-9410http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79692Written in the context of questioning a positive relationship between development and democracy, this paper argues that Vietnam's Communist Party ruled state shows numerous signs of being responsive to a rather wide array of pressures and complaints fromKeywords: democracy; democratization; political development; political system; state-local relations; Viet Nam Democratisation; Political development; State - society relations; Vietnam201010.1080/080394109035582512016-02-24