Tamas Wells
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamas Wells |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamas |
| FAMILY NAME | Wells |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Livelihoods and Food Security Fund, United Nations Office for Project Services, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Locating the “local” in aid localisation: The case of humanitarian response in Myanmar
Meanings and practices of accountability in the international development sector: The limits of “vernacularization” in rural Cambodia
Motivation Accountability agendas have long been promoted through the policies and programmes of international development organizations around the world. Despite increasing scholarly interest in how political concepts, such as human rights, are “vernacularized” into local contexts, there has been little consideration to date of the vernacularization of ideas and practices of accountability. Purpose This study fills this gap by exploring the vern…
International Aid Partnerships Amidst Myanmar's Revolution: Solidarity or Self-Preservation and Compliance
Along with its broader impact in the country, Myanmar's 2021 coup and subsequent revolution have brought an upheaval amongst international aid agencies. As they have pivoted their programmes in the new context, international agencies have faced criticism from many Myanmar humanitarian and advocacy organisations. Drawing on interviews from 2022, this article argues that the way in which aid is given – in relation to context-specific conventions of…
Seeing like a donor: The Unintended Harms of Rendering Civil Society Legible
Following the Grand Bargain, there has been increasing focus on aid localisation and partnerships between international and local aid agencies. Yet there has been less scholarly attention on how and why international agency policies and partnerships can cause unintended harm to civil society organisations and their staff. Drawing on James Scott’s seminal work Seeing like a State, and interviews with Myanmar civil society organisation leaders in 2…
Chinese aid and new contests over the meaning of human rights in Asia
How activists are using Facebook in Myanmar for democratic ends, but Facebook itself also facilitated hate speech
At varying times over the past 15 years, Facebook and other social media sites have been idealised by pundits, media, Western governments, and the tech industry as a tool catalysing democratic change during periods of political unrest in authoritarian countries. The events of the Arab Spring, in particular, propelled social media to the front lines of global attention as a potential democratising tool
Narrative and elucidating the concept of democracy: The case of Myanmar’s activists and democratic leaders
Narrative analysis has been widely employed in the social sciences. Yet there has been no systematic application of narrative theory to the study of how the word "democracy" is given meaning by political actors. Using the empirical example of the Burmese democracy movement in the lead up to the historic 2015 election victory of the National League for Democracy, this article argues that narrative analysis can contribute in unique ways to the inte…
Democratic ‘freedom’ in Myanmar
In Robert Dahl’s work on ‘polyarchy’, democratic ‘freedom’ is liberty from the abuses of the state and freedom for citizens to formulate and express their preferences. This meaning of freedom is central to contemporary scholarship on democratization. At the same time, freedom has also been a key concept for activists and leaders involved in Myanmar’s long democratic struggles. Yet, when freedom is referred to by Burmese activists and democratic l…
Democratic ‘freedom’ in Myanmar
In Robert Dahl’s work on ‘polyarchy’, democratic ‘freedom’ is liberty from the abuses of the state and freedom for citizens to formulate and express their preferences. This meaning of freedom is central to contemporary scholarship on democratization. At the same time, freedom has also been a key concept for activists and leaders involved in Myanmar’s long democratic struggles. Yet, when freedom is referred to by Burmese activists and democratic l…
International Aid Partnerships Amidst Myanmar's Revolution: Solidarity or Self-Preservation and Compliance
Along with its broader impact in the country, Myanmar's 2021 coup and subsequent revolution have brought an upheaval amongst international aid agencies. As they have pivoted their programmes in the new context, international agencies have faced criticism from many Myanmar humanitarian and advocacy organisations. Drawing on interviews from 2022, this article argues that the way in which aid is given – in relation to context-specific conventions of…
Narrative and elucidating the concept of democracy: The case of Myanmar’s activists and democratic leaders
Narrative analysis has been widely employed in the social sciences. Yet there has been no systematic application of narrative theory to the study of how the word "democracy" is given meaning by political actors. Using the empirical example of the Burmese democracy movement in the lead up to the historic 2015 election victory of the National League for Democracy, this article argues that narrative analysis can contribute in unique ways to the inte…
Seeing like a donor: The Unintended Harms of Rendering Civil Society Legible
Following the Grand Bargain, there has been increasing focus on aid localisation and partnerships between international and local aid agencies. Yet there has been less scholarly attention on how and why international agency policies and partnerships can cause unintended harm to civil society organisations and their staff. Drawing on James Scott’s seminal work Seeing like a State, and interviews with Myanmar civil society organisation leaders in 2…
Narrative and elucidating the concept of democracy: The case of Myanmar’s activists and democratic leaders
Narrative analysis has been widely employed in the social sciences. Yet there has been no systematic application of narrative theory to the study of how the word "democracy" is given meaning by political actors. Using the empirical example of the Burmese democracy movement in the lead up to the historic 2015 election victory of the National League for Democracy, this article argues that narrative analysis can contribute in unique ways to the inte…
Democratic ‘freedom’ in Myanmar
In Robert Dahl’s work on ‘polyarchy’, democratic ‘freedom’ is liberty from the abuses of the state and freedom for citizens to formulate and express their preferences. This meaning of freedom is central to contemporary scholarship on democratization. At the same time, freedom has also been a key concept for activists and leaders involved in Myanmar’s long democratic struggles. Yet, when freedom is referred to by Burmese activists and democratic l…
How activists are using Facebook in Myanmar for democratic ends, but Facebook itself also facilitated hate speech
At varying times over the past 15 years, Facebook and other social media sites have been idealised by pundits, media, Western governments, and the tech industry as a tool catalysing democratic change during periods of political unrest in authoritarian countries. The events of the Arab Spring, in particular, propelled social media to the front lines of global attention as a potential democratising tool
Chinese aid and new contests over the meaning of human rights in Asia
International Aid Partnerships Amidst Myanmar's Revolution: Solidarity or Self-Preservation and Compliance
Along with its broader impact in the country, Myanmar's 2021 coup and subsequent revolution have brought an upheaval amongst international aid agencies. As they have pivoted their programmes in the new context, international agencies have faced criticism from many Myanmar humanitarian and advocacy organisations. Drawing on interviews from 2022, this article argues that the way in which aid is given – in relation to context-specific conventions of…
Seeing like a donor: The Unintended Harms of Rendering Civil Society Legible
Following the Grand Bargain, there has been increasing focus on aid localisation and partnerships between international and local aid agencies. Yet there has been less scholarly attention on how and why international agency policies and partnerships can cause unintended harm to civil society organisations and their staff. Drawing on James Scott’s seminal work Seeing like a State, and interviews with Myanmar civil society organisation leaders in 2…
Locating the “local” in aid localisation: The case of humanitarian response in Myanmar
Meanings and practices of accountability in the international development sector: The limits of “vernacularization” in rural Cambodia
Motivation Accountability agendas have long been promoted through the policies and programmes of international development organizations around the world. Despite increasing scholarly interest in how political concepts, such as human rights, are “vernacularized” into local contexts, there has been little consideration to date of the vernacularization of ideas and practices of accountability. Purpose This study fills this gap by exploring the vern…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cambodian History and Society (3 works) · Democracy (3 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Civil society (2 works)