SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGES IN LAOS AFTER THE NEW IMAGINATION ERA

Abstract

This research article aimed to studying the New Imagination Policy of Lao PDR related to the approaches to social and cultural changes in the New Imagination Era of Lao PDR. by using research is a qualitative research using the historical method, which is an approach that emphasizes the systematic study of past events, phenomena, or data to understand the context, changes, and impacts that occurred in different periods historical research to collect data from documents (Documentary Research) by using critical textual analysis (Textual analysis).

The study results found that in the post-re-imagination era after 1986, Lao PDR has given more importance to the economy that is more in line with the global market system, which has resulted in four social and cultural changes: 1. Promotion of laws, rights and equality between men and women. 2. Promoting women's roles in maternal and child rights and laws. 3. Promoting women's roles to participate in production to develop quality of life, and 4. Creating a new cultural nationalist policy of the Lao PDR.