Accommodation in South Vietnam

The Key to Sociopolitical Solidarity

Gerald Cannon Hickey

Expert InsightsPublished 1967

The social and political complexity of Vietnam is examined in terms of its disparate ethnic groups, religious factions, and political orientations. Much of Vietnamese sociopolitical complexity is rooted in a regionalism that has persisted throughout the history of the country as a source of disruption and strife. The Constitutional Assembly has functioned as the first open forum for political, religious, and ethnic representation in South Vietnam, and a solidarity long lacking in Vietnamese society could result from bringing these diverse groups together. The Viet Cong must be seen as another dimension in the complicated sociopolitical pattern. It appears that the war will end through negotiations; it also seems certain that the Viet Cong will participate. The government must accommodate to the Viet Cong as it has to the other sociopolitical groups.

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Hickey, Gerald Cannon, Accommodation in South Vietnam: The Key to Sociopolitical Solidarity. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1967. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3707.html.
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