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1. www.peoplesworld.org › article › laos-buildingLaos: Building socialism from scratch after colonialism and ...

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   Mar 28, 2023 · Since the overthrow of the U.S.-backed monarchy and the establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 1975, the people of Laos have been engaged in a long effort to develop their ...

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3. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › countriesLaos - World Factbook Glyph

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   May 1, 2024 · In 1975, the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam. A gradual, limited return to private enterprise and the liberalization of foreign investment laws began in 1988. Laos became a member of ASEAN in 1997 and the WTO in 2013.

4. www.cambridge.org › core › booksLaos on the Path to Socialism? - Southeast Asian Affairs 2019

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   Sep 7, 2019 · Part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, the project is expected to cost more than US$6 billion and to be completed before 2022. In late 2018, the completion rate was at a reported 30 per cent. The cost of the project is equivalent to almost a third of the annual GDP of Laos.

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   Is Laos a case of peripheral socialism?

   • When the LPRP took power in 1975, more than 80% of the population was engaged in subsistence farming (Soukamneuth, 2006, p. 48), making Laos a case of peripheral socialism in an economically underdeveloped society (Fitzgerald, 1985).

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   Is Laos a socialist state?

   • Laos is a socialist one-party state. After taking power in 1975, the LPRP adopted the Soviet system of government with a dual structure of party and state that is still the institutional blueprint for today’s political system (see Fig. 5.1).

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   What is the political system in Laos?

   • Laos remains a closed single-party regime in which the LPRP monopolizes access to political office. Other parties are banned and all political decisions are made within the LPRP-controlled party state. However, the policies of LPRP have become less ideological over the past two decades to favor pragmatic goals over communist ideals.

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   How did Laos change from revolutionary to consolidated party rule?

   • The 1991 Constitution marks the passage from revolutionary to consolidated party rule, under which the party and government strove for a model of authoritarian modernization of the economy and society without political liberalization. Laos remains a closed single-party regime in which the LPRP monopolizes access to political office.

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   Dec 28, 2017 · The Democratic People’s Republic of Lao is one of only five communist single-party regimes in the world today (Dimitrov 2013, p. 5). Footnote 1 When the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (Phak Paxaxôn Pativat Lao, LPRP) took power in 1975, more than 80% of the population was engaged in subsistence farming (Soukamneuth 2006, p. 48), making Laos a case of peripheral socialism in an ...

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   Dec 16, 2021 · The Lao People's Democratic Republic celebrated its 45th birthday in December 2020. It is one of the very few surviving examples of a one-party socialist system left in the world. My aim in this book is to ask how the Lao political system, which I will refer to here as nominally socialist, has become part of everyday life in Laos.

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9. cosmonautmag.com › 2021 › 08Capitalism, Socialism and Subsistence in Laos with Boike ...

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   Aug 30, 2021 · Capitalism, Socialism and Subsistence in Laos with Boike Rehbein. 30. 00:00:00 / 00:40:46. 30. A brief and comprehensive introduction to his work on Laos is the chapter Capitalist Transformation and Habitus in Laos he authored in the book The Socialist Market Economy in Asia: Development in China, Vietnam and Laos. Liked it?

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    5.1 Historical Background. The Democratic People’s Republic of Lao is one of only five communist single-party regimes in the world today (Dimitrov, 2013, p. 5).1 The Kingdom of Lan Xang, founded in 1354, is the historical precursor to modern-day Laos. Its power extended over today’s Laos, parts of Myanmar, and into northern Thailand (Stuart ...