Strengthening Transnational Community through Social and Cultural Empowerment: A Case Study of Second Generation Thai American Descendants.
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This paper explores the social and cultural empowerment factors that strengthen the Thai community in its transnational setting, including the second generation and the latter descendants. First, how does social and cultural empowerment contribute to strengthening the Thai community. Second, what are the leading social and cultural empowerment factors that strengthen the Thai community through second generation Thai American Descendants. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten key informants using a qualitative methodology, and snowball sampling was employed. It is determined that there are three significant ways in which social and cultural empowerment contributes to strengthening the Thai community and five leading social and cultural empowerment factors to support in strengthening transnational communities. The study further finds that the First generation provides a foundation for the second generation to understand the relevant social and cultural factors to strengthen their communities globally.
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