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[ndlr] Parution d'une nouvelle publication sur le Laos contemporain sous la direction de Vatthana Pholsena et Vanina Bouté. Présentation de l'éditeur.Changing Lives in Laos:Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist StateEdited by Vanina Bouté and Vatthana PholsenaChanges 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 The contributions to this volume draw on original fieldwork materials and unpublished sources, and provide fresh analyses of topics ranging from the structures of power to the politics of territoriality and new forms of sociability in emerging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."In Changing Lives in Laos, Vanina Bouté and Vatthana Pholsena have assembled an invaluable collection of papers on Laos by key established and emerging scholars of the country. While Laos remains under-studied compared to most of the region, these chapters show an increasingly thorough engagement with people and places and a better understanding of the texture of transition and transformation."Jonathan Rigg, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore"This new book on Laos, edited by two leading specialists on this country, features articles by a new generation of historians, anthropologists, geographers and political scientists. Studying state formation, new economic trends, and issues such as the cultural integration of ethnic minorities and rural migration, this interesting book brilliantly demonstrates how in less than fifty years Lao society has been deeply transformed."Yves Goudineau, Director of the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), Chair in Comparative Anthropology of Southeast Asia (Paris)________________________________________________________ CONTENTSList of Illustrations1. IntroductionVanina Bouté and Vatthana PholsenaPART I: STATE FORMATION AND POLITICAL LEGITIMATION2. The History and Evolution of the Lao People's Revolutionary PartyMartin Rathie3. Shaping the National Topography: The Party-State, National Imageries, and Questions of Political Authority in Lao PDROliver Tappe4. 'Special Operation Pagoda': Buddhism, Covert Operations, and the Politics of Religious Subversion in Cold-War Laos (1957-60)Patrice Ladwig5. War Generation: Youth Mobilization and Socialization in Revolutionary LaosVatthana Pholsena6. Socialist Pathways of Education: The Lao in East GermanyNicole ReichertPART II: NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE AND AGRARIAN CHANGE7. The Poltical Ecology of Upland/Lowland Relationships in Laos since 1975Olivier Évrard and Ian G. Baird8. The New 'New Battlefield': Capitalizing Security in Laos' Agribusiness LandscapeMichael B. Dwyer9. Reaching the Cities: New Forms of Network and Social Differentiation in Northern LaosVanina BoutéPART III: ETHNIC MINORITIES ENGAGING WITH MODERNITY10. Ethnic Belonging in Laos: A Politico-Historical PerspectiveGrégoire Schlemmer11. Piglets Are Buffaloes: Buddhification and the Reduction of Sacrifices on the Boloven PlateauGuido Sprenger12. Rubber's Affective Economies: Seeding a Social Landscape in Northwest LaosChris Lyttleton and Yunxia LiPART IV: IN SEARCH OF OPPORTUNITIES: MOVING ACROSS AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY13. Migration and Mobility in LaosSverre Molland14. Patterns and Consequences of Undocumented Migration from Lao PDR to ThailandKabmanivanh Phouxay15. Textiles Economy in Laos: From the Household to the WorldAnnabel VallardBibliographyContributorsIndexSource : NUS Press