Selling for the World Market
The Peasant Petty Trader
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6087005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suparb Pas-Ong, Suparb Pas‐ong (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-126 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/sj4-1j |
| OpenAlex | W2072871362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
The activities of petty traders are frequently considered solely in the context of their immediate locality and without reference to the wider society. Along the Thai-Malaysian border this trade is part of the world market economy crossing national boundaries and constituting an important system of social articulation beyond the confines of the village and local market. Significant linkages between urban officials and rural traders also arise from the former's dependence on bribes extracted from those involved in smuggling goods between the two countries. The existence of petty traders is generally fully appreciated and duly recorded in the literature on local market systems. However, when one turns to regional or world markets their role is treated by social researchers as largely irrelevant. In this paper I suggest that such traders are important as articulators in the overall market system, not just at the local but at regional and world levels. ' With regard to the latter two
Business · Commerce · Peasant · Political science · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2018 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |