Paul Schuler

TL;DR: In this paper, a content analysis of query sessions in the Vietnamese National Assembly is presented, where delegates question the Prime Minister and Cabinet Members on important issues of the day, and they find that some delegates exhibit behavior consistent with co-option theory by actively participating in sessions, demonstrating criticism of authorities, and responding to the needs of local constituents.

TL;DR: In this article, a content analysis of query sessions in the Vietnamese National Assembly is presented, where delegates question the prime minister and Cabinet members on important issues of the day, and they find that some delegates exhibit behavior consistent with co-optation theory by actively participating in sessions, demonstrating criticism of authorities, and responding to the needs of local constituents.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how single-party regimes manage this trade-off and the particular types of information available to them, and show that ex ante electioneering is less risky than ex post fraud at achieving these goals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that under these conditions, transparency may have perverse effects, and test this theory with a randomized experiment on delegate behavior in query sessions in Vietnam, a single-party authoritarian regime.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the lives of poor men, women, and children and explore the constraints and opportunities they face today in rising out of poverty, and propose revisions to Vietnam's poverty monitoring system to bring these more in line with economic and social conditions in present-day Vietnam.