TY  - JOUR
T1  - Border Trade Area: Social Networks and Power Relations of the Thai-Lao PDR Border Trade System
AU - Chumnanmak, Rukchanok AU - Apichatvullop, Yaowalak AU - Laphanan, Patcharin 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SP  - 317
EP  - 323
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.317.323
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.317.323
KW  - Globalization
KW  -social network
KW  -power relations
KW  -Thai-Lao PDR border traders
KW  -place
AB  - This study focuses on the concepts and definitions related to social networks and power relations around the Thai-Laos Border, focusing on the border traders who work there using qualitative research methodologies.  The study will explain the characteristics of the social networks used by the border traders and their border trade system to analyze the relationships that exist among these networks and their power in relation to the border trade economic system. Researcher proves that social networks still have an influence on the interactions that take place between individual border traders, those who are both majors and retails traders of the Thai-Laos border trade system. This phenomena shows that globalization has caused modification to economic and social relations and has affected power relations between the border traders.
ER  -