Changing lives in Laos
Subtitle: society, politics, and culture in a post-socialist state
By: edited by Vanina Bouté and Vatthana Pholsena
Contributors: Vatthana Pholsena, editor
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9789814722261
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Politics and government; Ethnic relations; Political aspects; Rural-urban migration; Social change; Forced migration; Labor mobility; Social aspects; Economic aspects; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Modernisierung; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Politische Situation; Soziale Situation; Ländlicher Raum
Other titles: Society, politics, and culture in a post-socialist state
Description: "Changes in the character of the political regime in Laos after 2000, a massive influx of foreign investment, and disruptions to rural life arising from improved communications and new forms of mobility within and across the borders have produced a major transformation across the country. Witnessing these changes, a group of scholars carried out studies that document the rise of a new social, cultural and economic order. The contributions to this volume draw on original fieldwork materials and unpublished sources, and provide fresh analyses of topics ranging from the structures of power to the politics of territoriality and new forms of sociability in emerging urban spaces."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-439) and index.

In English.
Table of contents: title: Part I. State formation and political legitimation; title: Part II. Natural resource governance and agrarian change; title: Part III. Ethnic minorities engaging with modernity; title: Part IV. In search of opportunities : moving across and outside the country.