Heritage and the making of political legitimacy in Laos : the past and present of the Lao nation

The Resource Heritage and the making of political legitimacy in Laos : the past and present of the Lao nation
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Heritage and the making of political legitimacy in Laos : the past and present of the Lao nation
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the past and present of the Lao nation
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Phill Wilcox
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eng
Summary
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is nearly fifty years old, and one of the few surviving one-party socialist states. Nearly five decades on from its revolutionary birth, the Lao population continues to build futures in and around a political landscape that maintains socialist rhetoric on one hand and capitalist economics on the other. Contemporary Lao politics is marked by the use of cultural heritage as a source of political legitimacy. Researched through long term detailed ethnography in the former royal capital of Luang Prabang, itself a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Site since 1995, this book takes a fresh look at issues of legitimacy, heritage and national identity for different members of the Lao population. It argues that the political system has become sufficiently embedded to avoid imminent risk of collapse but suggests that it is facing new challenges primarily in the form of rising Chinese influence in Laos.--
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index present
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non fiction
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dictionaries
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  • Asian heritages
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Series volume
7
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