The Rise of Distrust
State Officials, Gifts and Social Hierarchy in Laos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4825318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leo Mariani (0000-0003-3987-4787, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et de Psychologie Cognitives et Sociales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-169 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975612000082 |
| OpenAlex | W2043240653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Conceptualisations of the state as a reified entity fall short in the case of socialist Laos. Foreign commentators often imagine Lao political life through a discourse of state governance, yet the Lao themselves, in popular narratives, tend to emphasise their day to day interactions with state officials. In their everyday lives, the latter are treated as individuals with which it is possible to interact. This article explores the relations between the Lao people and their government officials, and how those relations have changed in recent history (mainly since 1975). Wedding receptions - vital events in Lao social life, where power is invoked through performance and representation - are taken as case studies for the analysis of authority and legitimacy in a socialist state context
Context (archaeology) · Corporate governance · Distrust · Everyday life · Government (linguistics) · Hierarchy · Legitimacy · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Representation (politics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · History · Law · Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory
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L'esprit du don
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Référence de valeur et valeur de référence
Le gendre lao. Essai d’anthropologie du pouvoir féminin dans la société traditionnelle de Louang‐Phrabang
The political culture of corruption in the Lao PDR
Essais sur la theorie de la science
Lao-English Dictionary
Pouvoir et société. Repenser le lien social dans le Laos urbain
Historical Dictionary of Laos
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance
Le sens pratique
La distinction, critique sociale du jugement
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |