Adam Fforde

"I'm all right Jack" vs. "the ideals of democracy" - three studies Unequal and unrepresented: political inequality and the people's voice in the new gilded age, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry H. Brady and Sidney Verba, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2018, 352 pp., $29.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-691-18055-700

Adam Fforde

Journal article  |  2021  |  DEMOCRATIZATION

Engineering, economics, Heidegger ... horizontal ellipsis and Mariotti: a note

Adam Fforde

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS

The paper examines matters arising from the recent Mariotti’s article. It argues that the social epistemological practices of engi..

A Public Affair? Vietnam's State Enterprise Sector: The 'State Business Interest' and Policy History

Adam Fforde

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES

The article presents a history of the policy of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) towards state owned enterprises (SOEs). Despi..

Specific aspects of the collectivization of wet-rice cultivation: Vietnamese experience

A Fforde

Book Chapter  |  2019

From ‘Constructing Socialism’ to a ‘Socialist-oriented Market Economy’ in Contemporary Vietnam: A Critique of Ideologies

A Fforde

Journal article  |  2019  |  Europe-Asia Studies

In power, the Vietnamese Communist Party has experienced three ‘moments’ of growth, each with some differences of detail and of me..

Yes, but what about the authority of policy analysts? A commentary and discussion of Perl et al., ‘Policy-making and truthiness: Can existing models cope with politicized evidence and willful ignorance in a post-fact world?’

A Fforde

Journal article  |  2019  |  Policy Sciences

The paper discusses issues raised in Perl et al. (Policy Sci, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-018-9334-4), specifically the t..

From plan to market: The economic transition in Vietnam

A Fforde, S de Vylder

Book  |  2019

This clear and accessible text explores Vietnam’s successful transition from neo-Stalinist central planning to a market economy—\”..

Yes, but what about services: is development doctrine changing?

A Fforde

Journal article  |  2018  |  Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Since the early 1990s, the service sector has played an increasing role in economic growth in poor countries. This contradicts mai..

Changing Methods for the Allocation of Scarce Resources to Competing Ends: A Possible Explanation for the Wages Squeeze and Responses to It

A Fforde

Journal article  |  2018  |  Economic Papers

The paper discusses the economic analysis of modern rich economies. It argues that standard economic theory acknowledges that it d..

What Might International Development Assistance Be Able to Tell Us About Contemporary “Policy Government” in Developed Countries?

A Fforde

Journal article  |  2018  |  Administration and Society

The article examines international development assistance—aid. Donors assert that experts possess predictive knowledge and project..