Policing in a Changing Vietnam: Towards a Global Account of Policing

Cover
Endorsement
Series Information
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Author
A Note On Language and Terminology
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Glossary
1 Policing, Place and the Production of Policing Knowledge
	Towards a Global Account of Policing Using a Southern Perspective
		Scholarship On Criminology and Policing in Asia and Vietnam
	Conceptualising Police Culture and Its Production
	Research Methodology and an ‘Appreciative’ Approach to Study Policing in a One-Party State
		Ethnographic Practice and Policing in Vietnam
		AI as a Mode of Inquiry for Accessing the Field
		AI and Ethics in Sensitive Political Environments
		Vulnerability and the Authentic Self in Ethnographic Research
	Aims of the Study and Organisation of This Book
	Notes
	References
2 Conflict, Continuity and Change: Shaping Vietnam and Contemporary Policing
	Indigeneity, Invasion and Identity
	Migration and Markets
	Social Control, Cultivating Proper Conduct and Culture
	Influences On the Development of Policing Structures and Systems
	Police and State–Society Relations
	Emerging Challenges in Policing and Security
	Notes
	References
3 The Emergence of Modern Policing in Vietnam
	The Origins of the PPF
	Police, the Political System and Professional Policing
	Organisation of the PPF
	The PPA
	Eligibility, Recruitment and Selection
	Ranks, Promotion, Retirement Age and Salaries
	Accountability and Restructuring the Police for the 21st Century
	Notes
	References
4 Edification, Socialisation and Constructing Police Culture
	Edification and Police Identity
	Pathways to Policing: From Patriots to Pragmatists?
	Learning Morality
	Socio-Political Practice and Homestays for Police Students
	Socialisation: The ‘Small Society’ of the PPA
	Alumni, Appreciation Money and Financial ‘Socialisation’
	Hierarchy and Harmony: Influences On Forms of Capital in Vietnamese Policing
	Notes
	References
5 Bamboo, Boundaries and Benevolence: Police Culture, Norms and Practices in Transition
	Social Order and Local Policing
	Principle of Non-Intervention: Protected Values Or Pragmatism?
	Police as Educators in an Evolving Legal Environment
	‘You Can’t Be a Stranger in Your Own Society’: The Informal Economy
	Perceptions of ‘Good’ Police and Policing
	Embracing and Resisting Change
	Notes
	References
6 Matriarchy, Mobilisation and Modern Women in Vietnamese Policing
	Geography, Gender and a Touch of Grace
	Confucian Influences and Vietnamese Customs
	Mobilising Women: Exploitation Or Empowerment?
	Femininity and Agency
	The ‘Ideal’ Green SuperMAN: Protecting the Gender Hierarchy
	Promotions, Paperwork and Progression Through the Ranks
	Diversity and Inclusion: Gender, Ethnic Minorities and LGBTIQ Communities
	Reflections On Researching Women in Policing in Vietnam
	Notes
	References
7 Towards a Global Account of Policing
	Theoretical Contributions of a Southern Perspective Towards a Global Account of Policing
	Combining Scholarship and Advocacy
	Harnessing the Concept of ‘Culture’ as a Research Tool
	The Field of Policing: The Dynamics of Change and Stability
		Political Dimensions and Influences of Economic ‘Development’ On Policing
		Police–Community Relations
		Gender and Women Police
	Futures of Policing and Policing Research
	References
Index