Sims, Kearrin (2016) Book review of "Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos: perspective for today’s world", by S.P. Stobbe. Abingdon, UK, Routledge, 2015. ISBN: 978-1138774766. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 38 (2). pp. 324-326.

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Abstract

[Extract] Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos offers an ethnographically rich portrayal of Lao cultural ceremonies and rituals that stresses the importance of grassroots practices to conflict resolution. Authored by Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe, a former Lao refugee and now an academic at Menno Simons College in Canada, the book includes insightful and descriptive personal vignettes of Lao cultural practices. It is unfortunate, however, that poor academic rigour and notable methodological flaws weaken the book.

Item ID:	48806
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1793-284X
Keywords:	Laos, conflict resolution, cultural practice
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Date Deposited:	02 May 2017 05:09
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1601 Anthropology > 160101 Anthropology of Development @ 50% 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1606 Political Science > 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific @ 50%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding > 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified @ 50% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society @ 50%
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