Agency, Social Capital, and Mixed Embeddedness among Akha Ethnic Minority Street Vendors in Thailand’s Tourist Areas

Autor(en)

Alexander Trupp

Abstrakt

Eye-catching self-employed female Akha souvenir vendors have become part of the informal sector in Thailand that is linked to the global tourism economy. Data from nine months’ qualitative research are analysed in the framework of “mixed embeddedness” to explore the opportunities and risks with which ethnic minority street vendors in Bangkok are confronted. The role of social capital merits analysis, and Akha vendors’ practices of economic action require examination. Comprehensive assessment of ethnic minority entrepreneurs with respect to their everyday economic activities and prospects must systematically integrate individual and collective action into socio-economic and politico-institutional contexts.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung

Journal

Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia

Band

30

Seiten

780-818

Anzahl der Seiten

39

ISSN

0217-9520

Publikationsdatum

11-2015

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

507017 Sozialgeographie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/agency-social-capital-and-mixed-embeddedness-among-akha-ethnic-minority-street-vendors-in-thailands-tourist-areas(d514a465-be99-4fbd-b798-d54df2f0d506).html