Introducing the book "Interest groups and conflicts of interest in development"

Interest groups and group interests are a new phenomenon in Vietnam. Due to the lack of effective management methods and tools, some interest groups collude with some powerful individuals in public agencies, get rich quickly, and contribute significantly to the worsening of Vietnam's socio-economic crisis. This has given rise to a number of ideas and viewpoints that interest groups are bad, negative and need to be prevented.

So, what is an interest group? Is an interest group an objective, widespread social phenomenon? If so, what is the mode of operation of an interest group? What is a conflict of interest? Is a conflict of interest an objective social phenomenon? If so, how to manage conflicts of interest and what management tools are used to promote its driving role? These are major issues that need to be studied and clarified.

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The book "Interest groups and conflicts of interest in development" by author Hoang Van Luan contributes to gradually clarifying the above scientific issues and at the same time points out the shortcomings in managing conflicts of interest in Vietnam in recent times to clarify the necessity of having a new, scientific approach in managing conflicts of interest to create a dynamic balance in social development.

Interests, interest groups, and conflicts of interest in development are approached through interdisciplinary theories of Philosophy, Sociology, Policy Science, and Political Science on the basis of Marxist Philosophy, especially the viewpoint on unity and struggle of opposites, which is considered the soul of Marxist dialectics.