Socialist construction and national security in Laos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8414907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Stuart-Fox, Martin Stuart–fox (0000-0003-3535-3087, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-71 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14672715.1981.10409922 |
| OpenAlex | W2065480249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
As the poorest country in Asia (with the current exception of Kampuchea), Laos faces peculiar problems associated both with promoting economic development and with maintaining national security. Not only is Laos far less powerful by any criterion than any of its neighbors (again excluding at present Kampuchea), with a weak economic infrastructure and minimal industrial capacity, but its small population is deeply divided, both ethnically and culturally. Since the 1975 socialist revolution, opposition has continued among different social groups to the politics of the new regime. This has resulted in a massive outflow of refugees to Thailand and beyond, incidentally providing a ready source of recruits for clandestine attempts to undermine the present Lao government. Opposition has tended to focus upon either ethnic dissatisfaction, or popular suspicion of government attempts to alter the socio-economic structures of Lao society through nationalization of the means of production and distribution
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · National security · National Unity · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |