Laos in 2010 political stasis, rabid development, and regional counter-weighting

Asian Survey

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 202-207

  Case, William ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dam construction; Lao People's Revolutionary Party; Laos; Mekong River; Single party system

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT;

LAOS;

EID: 79954484268     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2011.51.1.202     Document Type: Article

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