Laos: Socialist Democracy & Culture w/ Holly High

Holly High, an anthropologist who does field work in Laos, joins the show to discuss her book, "Projectland: Life in a Lao Socialist Model Village". In this final part of our two part discussion we look at socialist democracy and culture in Laos. We cover what political participation looks like in Laos today including the real life functioning of a one party socialist state, democratic centralism, and consultative democracy. We also talk about what  “culture” and “policy” means in Laos and the wider socialist tradition and how it differs from liberal notions of those concepts and much more!' More info about Holly's work and this episode's discussion can be found at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/laos-socialist-78052179 Episode Credits Intro Music: Cushy - Canada (Royalty Free Music)  Opening Interlude Voiceover: August 23, 1975 New Communist Laos Documentary - UPITN Opening Interlude Music/Outro Music: Central Cee - LET GO (Instrumental)