Research outputs
2025
Steering a Restrictive Course: Rebooting China’s Charity Law
Sidel, M. (2025). Steering a Restrictive Course: Rebooting China’s Charity Law. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 16(3), 541-552. doi:10.1515/npf-2024-0012
2024
The Governance of Chinese Charitable Trusts Hui Jing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 350 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9781009327909
Sidel, M. (2024). The Governance of Chinese Charitable Trusts Hui Jing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 350 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9781009327909. The China Quarterly, 259, 838. doi:10.1017/s0305741024000705
Governing Through Contagion in the Authoritarian Context and the Case of China
Sidel, M. (2024). Governing Through Contagion in the Authoritarian Context and the Case of China. In Unknown Book (pp. 179-192). Hart Publishing. doi:10.5040/9781509970735.ch-009
2023
Building State-controlled Volunteering in China
Hu, M., Zhang, Q., & Sidel, M. (2023). Building State-controlled Volunteering in China. The China Quarterly, 256, 854-870. doi:10.1017/s0305741023000632
More Third Sector, Less Civil Society: Civil Society Repression, Sometime Third-Sector Robustness, and the Moulding of the Nonprofit Sector in China
Sidel, M. (2023). More Third Sector, Less Civil Society: Civil Society Repression, Sometime Third-Sector Robustness, and the Moulding of the Nonprofit Sector in China. Made in China Journal, 8(1), 130-131. doi:10.22459/mic.08.01.2023.15
Teaching About Nonprofits in American Legal Education
Sidel, M. (2023). Teaching About Nonprofits in American Legal Education. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 13(4). doi:10.18666/jnel-12209
Authoritarian regimes and the nonprofit community
Sidel, M. (2023). Authoritarian regimes and the nonprofit community. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance (pp. 32-35). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800880092.ch11
2022
The future of civil society research in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam
The future of civil society research in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam (2022). In The value of diasporic cross-border philanthropy and voluntourism (pp. 283-292). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800378155.00030
2021
Party, State, Civil Society and Covid-19 in China
Sidel, M., & Hu, M. (2021). Party, State, Civil Society and Covid-19 in China. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 12(1), 199-211. doi:10.1515/npf-2020-0047
2020
Civil Society and COVID in China: Responses in an Authoritarian Society
Hu, M., & Sidel, M. (2020). Civil Society and COVID in China: Responses in an Authoritarian Society. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(6), 1173-1181. doi:10.1177/0899764020964596
Foreign Aid Reduction and Local Civil Society: Recent Research and Policy Guidance for Donors and International NGOs
Pallas, C. L., & Sidel, M. (2020). Foreign Aid Reduction and Local Civil Society: Recent Research and Policy Guidance for Donors and International NGOs. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 11(1). doi:10.1515/npf-2019-0045
Debating the Extent of Party/State Control Over Overseas Nonprofit Organisations: Charity Law Debates in China
Sidel, M. (2020). Debating the Extent of Party/State Control Over Overseas Nonprofit Organisations: Charity Law Debates in China. In Debates in Charity Law. Hart Publishing. doi:10.5040/9781509926862.ch-003
2019
Managing the Foreign: The Drive to Securitize Foreign Nonprofit and Foundation Management in China
Sidel, M. (2019). Managing the Foreign: The Drive to Securitize Foreign Nonprofit and Foundation Management in China. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 30(4), 664-677. doi:10.1007/s11266-018-9988-8
Riding the Regulatory Wave: Reflections on Recent Explorations of the Statutory and Nonstatutory Nonprofit Regulatory Cycles in 16 Jurisdictions
Breen, O. B., Dunn, A., & Sidel, M. (2019). Riding the Regulatory Wave: Reflections on Recent Explorations of the Statutory and Nonstatutory Nonprofit Regulatory Cycles in 16 Jurisdictions. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(4), 691-715. doi:10.1177/0899764019837602
2018
Defining the Scope of Aid Reduction and Its Challenges for Civil Society Organizations: Laying the Foundation for New Theory
Pallas, C., Anderson, Q., & Sidel, M. (2018). Defining the Scope of Aid Reduction and Its Challenges for Civil Society Organizations: Laying the Foundation for New Theory. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 29(2), 256-270. doi:10.1007/s11266-017-9891-8
2017
Analytical Models for Understanding Constitutions and Constitutional Dialogue in Socialist Transitional States: Re-Interpreting Constitutional Dialogue in Vietnam
Sidel, M. (2017). Analytical Models for Understanding Constitutions and Constitutional Dialogue in Socialist Transitional States: Re-Interpreting Constitutional Dialogue in Vietnam. In Public Law in East Asia (pp. 211-258). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315089263-8
2016
Regulatory Waves
Dunn, A., Breen, O. B., & Sidel, M. (2016). Regulatory Waves. In Regulatory Waves (pp. 221-244). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/9781316711446.012
Regulatory Waves
Breen, O. B., Dunn, A., & Sidel, M. (2016). Regulatory Waves. In Regulatory Waves (pp. 1-20). Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/9781316711446.002
A New Generation and New Thinking in Vietnamese Legal Scholarship
SIDEL, M. (2016). A New Generation and New Thinking in Vietnamese Legal Scholarship. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 11(2), 193-197. doi:10.1017/asjcl.2016.26
Philanthropy in Asia: Evolving public policy
Sidel, M. (2016). Philanthropy in Asia: Evolving public policy. In Routledge Companion to Philanthropy (pp. 260-272). doi:10.4324/9781315740324-31
The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy
Jung, T., Phillips, S. D., & Harrow, J. (Eds.) (2016). The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315740324
Regulatory Waves
Breen, O. B., Dunn, A., & Sidel, M. (2016). Regulatory Waves. In Regulatory Waves (pp. 1-20). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316711446.002
Regulatory Waves
Dunn, A., Breen, O. B., & Sidel, M. (2016). Regulatory Waves. In Regulatory Waves (pp. 221-244). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316711446.012
Regulatory Waves
Fremont-Smith, M. (2016). Regulatory Waves. O. B. Breen, A. Dunn, & M. Sidel (Eds.), Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316711446
State Regulation and the Emergence of Self-Regulation in the Chinese and Vietnamese Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors
Sidel, M. (2016). State Regulation and the Emergence of Self-Regulation in the Chinese and Vietnamese Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors. In Regulatory Waves (pp. 92-112). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316711446.006
2015
Analysing Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems: Decentralising Power in 21st-Century Asia
Harding, A., & Sidel, M. (2015). Analysing Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems: Decentralising Power in 21st-Century Asia. In Central Local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems (pp. 1-15).
Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems
Central-local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems (2015). . Published in the United Kingdom by. doi:10.5040/9781474200981
Preface
Harding, A., & Sidel, M. (2015). Preface. Central Local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems, v-vi.
2014
The shifting balance of philanthropic policies and regulations in China
Sidel, M. (2014). The shifting balance of philanthropic policies and regulations in China. In Philanthropy for Health in China (pp. 40-56).
2012
State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam
Ho Tai, H. -T., & Sidel, M. (Eds.) (2012). State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam. In . Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203098318
State, society and the market in contemporary Vietnam: Property, power and values
Tai, H. T. H., & Sidel, M. (2012). State, society and the market in contemporary Vietnam: Property, power and values. State Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam Property Power and Values, 1-252. doi:10.4324/9780203098318
Vietnam: Rethinking the State. By Martin Gainsborough. London: Zed Books, 2010. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (paper). - Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City. By Erik Harms. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xiv, 294 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). - Vietnam: Rising Dragon. By Bill Hayton. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2010. xv, 254 pp. $22.00 (paper). - The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational Remembrances and Representation. By Christina Schwenkel. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009. x, 264 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Sidel, M. (2012). Vietnam: Rethinking the State. By Martin Gainsborough. London: Zed Books, 2010. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (paper). - Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City. By Erik Harms. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xiv, 294 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). - Vietnam: Rising Dragon. By Bill Hayton. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2010. xv, 254 pp. $22.00 (paper). - The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational Remembrances and Representation. By Christina Schwenkel. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009. x, 264 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).. The Journal of Asian Studies, 71(4), 1186-1189. doi:10.1017/s0021911812001702
Civil Society and Civil Liberties
Civil Society and Civil Liberties (n.d.). In The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398571.013.0024
2011
CHOICES AND APPROACHES: ANTI-TERRORISM LAW AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
Sidel, M. (2011). CHOICES AND APPROACHES: ANTI-TERRORISM LAW AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER SEPTEMBER 11. University of Toronto Law Journal, 61(1), 119-146. doi:10.3138/utlj.61.1.119
2010
Counter‐terrorism and the Regulation of Civil Society in the USA
Sidel, M. (2010). Counter‐terrorism and the Regulation of Civil Society in the USA. Development and Change, 41(2), 293-312. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01642.x
Introduction to Minisymposium: Nonprofit Self-Regulation in Comparative Perspective-Themes and Debates
Gugerty, M. K., Sidel, M., & Bies, A. L. (2010). Introduction to Minisymposium: Nonprofit Self-Regulation in Comparative Perspective-Themes and Debates. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39(6), 1027-1038. doi:10.1177/0899764010372971
More Secure, Less Free?
Sidel, M. (2004). More Secure, Less Free?. doi:10.3998/mpub.17473
The Promise and Limits of Collective Action for Nonprofit Self-Regulation: Evidence From Asia
Sidel, M. (2010). The Promise and Limits of Collective Action for Nonprofit Self-Regulation: Evidence From Asia. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39(6), 1039-1056. doi:10.1177/0899764010371514
2009
Regulation of the Voluntary Sector
Sidel, M. (2009). Regulation of the Voluntary Sector. Routledge-Cavendish. doi:10.4324/9780203876183
2008
Law and Society in Vietnam
Sidel, M. (2008). Law and Society in Vietnam. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511495472
2007
Cinema, Law, and the State in Asia
Creekmur, C. K., & Sidel, M. (Eds.) (2007). Cinema, Law, and the State in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan US. doi:10.1057/9780230604919
2006
Après le Patriot Act : la seconde vague de l'antiterrorisme aux États-Unis
Sidel, M. (2006). Après le Patriot Act : la seconde vague de l'antiterrorisme aux États-Unis. Critique internationale, n o 32(3), 23-37. doi:10.3917/crii.032.0023
The Third Sector, Human Security, and Anti-Terrorism: The United States and Beyond
Sidel, M. (2006). The Third Sector, Human Security, and Anti-Terrorism: The United States and Beyond. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 17(3), 199-210. doi:10.1007/s11266-006-9017-1
2003
The Struggle for Hershey: Community Accountability and the Law in Modern American Philanthropy
Sidel, M. (2003). The Struggle for Hershey: Community Accountability and the Law in Modern American Philanthropy. University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 65(1). doi:10.5195/lawreview.2003.21
1999
Vietnam in 1998: Reform Confronts the Regional Crisis
Sidel, M. (1999). Vietnam in 1998: Reform Confronts the Regional Crisis. Asian Survey, 39(1), 89-98. doi:10.2307/2645598
1998
Vietnam in 1997: A Year of Challenges
Sidel, M. (1998). Vietnam in 1997: A Year of Challenges. Asian Survey, 38(1), 80-90. doi:10.2307/2645471
1997
Generational and Institutional Transition in the Vietnamese Communist Party: The 1996 Congress and beyond
Sidel, M. (1997). Generational and Institutional Transition in the Vietnamese Communist Party: The 1996 Congress and beyond. Asian Survey, 37(5), 481-495. doi:10.2307/2645523
The emergence of a voluntary sector and philanthropy in Vietnam: functions, legal regulation and prospects for the future
Sidel, M. (1997). The emergence of a voluntary sector and philanthropy in Vietnam: functions, legal regulation and prospects for the future. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 8(3), 283-302. doi:10.1007/bf02354201
1995
The Re-emergence of China Studies in Vietnam
Sidel, M. (1995). The Re-emergence of China Studies in Vietnam. The China Quarterly, 142, 521-540. doi:10.1017/s0305741000035049
1994
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
Kussbach, E. (1994). The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 43(1), 174-185. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/43.1.174