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New Silks Roads: Promises And Perils Of The Internet In The Thai Silk Industry, Mark Graham
New Silks Roads: Promises And Perils Of The Internet In The Thai Silk Industry, Mark Graham
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
The Internet is often touted as a panacea for perceived deficiencies in economic development. Its space-transcending abilities, which can instantly connect producers with consumers, have the potential to cut out intermediaries and to redistribute economic surplus in a more equitable manner. This dissertation asks whether the promises of the Internet are being realized in the Thai silk industry.
The project explores the following questions: (a) At which nodes in the commodity chain is the Internet being used?; (b) How has the introduction of the Internet altered production chains and the flows of capital in the Thai silk industry?; (c) How …