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Laos’s Peripheral Centrality in Southeast Asia

Mobility, Labour and Regional Integration

In: European Journal of East Asian Studies
Author:
James Alan Brown Queen Mary University of London School of Geography

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Abstract

Laos’s position at the centre of the Southeast Asian mainland has entailed peripherality to regional loci of power. Its geography of peripheral centrality has however resulted in Laos becoming a realm of contestation between powerful neighbours. The analysis traces the construction of Laos within a regional space from pre-colonial times to contemporary special economic zones. Laos has been produced through mobility, foreign actors’ attempts to reorient space to their sphere of influence, and transnational class relations incorporating Lao workers and peasants, Lao elites and foreign powers. These elements manifest within current special economic zone projects.

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