Theresa Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5438102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theresa Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theresa |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG T |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Developmentalism
Developmentalism is an approach to national economic development that emphasizes the intervention of the state. Current applications of developmentalism stem largely from post‐World War II aid projects inspired by modernization theories and targeting the “underdevelopment” of newly decolonized states. Developmentalism has been applied to long‐term development planning in developmental states such as South Korea and Singapore. Developmentalism has…
Fields of Desire
Jim Glassman, Bounding the Mekong
Rodolphe de Koninck, Julie Drolet and Marc Girard, Singapore
What is a forest? Competing meanings and the politics of forest classification in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
The Livelihood-based Forest Classification System of the Pwo Karen in Western Thailand
The present article details a system of forest cover classification used by the Pwo Karen, an ethnic minority group living in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand. It considers the ways in which local communities sort forest cover types into classes that are meaningful to their livelihood practices, but are at the same time embedded in conservation priorities. Rather than constituting a threat to maintaining the park's integr…
Spaces of silence
Alternative family forms have begun to emerge in the Confucian societies of East and Southeast Asia, concomitant with widespread demographic changes and new socioeconomic conditions. In Singapore, the state tends to configure ‘single parents’ – including divorcees, unmarried parents and widowed parents – as ‘unfortunate’ and constituting an unhealthy trend, in opposition to the normal, dual‐parent household. This paper examines how single parents…
Gender representation in geography
In Singapore, geography emerged as a strongly masculinist university discipline during the interwar years under colonial rule. Localizing staff hires in the postcolonial era did not immediately produce gender‐balanced staff profiles. Instead, a more equitable gender representation was achieved only in the last decade, following the increasing ‘feminization’ of the student population in the discipline resulting from compulsory National Service for…
What is a forest? Competing meanings and the politics of forest classification in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
Spaces of silence
Alternative family forms have begun to emerge in the Confucian societies of East and Southeast Asia, concomitant with widespread demographic changes and new socioeconomic conditions. In Singapore, the state tends to configure ‘single parents’ – including divorcees, unmarried parents and widowed parents – as ‘unfortunate’ and constituting an unhealthy trend, in opposition to the normal, dual‐parent household. This paper examines how single parents…
Gender representation in geography
In Singapore, geography emerged as a strongly masculinist university discipline during the interwar years under colonial rule. Localizing staff hires in the postcolonial era did not immediately produce gender‐balanced staff profiles. Instead, a more equitable gender representation was achieved only in the last decade, following the increasing ‘feminization’ of the student population in the discipline resulting from compulsory National Service for…
Spaces of silence
Alternative family forms have begun to emerge in the Confucian societies of East and Southeast Asia, concomitant with widespread demographic changes and new socioeconomic conditions. In Singapore, the state tends to configure ‘single parents’ – including divorcees, unmarried parents and widowed parents – as ‘unfortunate’ and constituting an unhealthy trend, in opposition to the normal, dual‐parent household. This paper examines how single parents…
Gender representation in geography
In Singapore, geography emerged as a strongly masculinist university discipline during the interwar years under colonial rule. Localizing staff hires in the postcolonial era did not immediately produce gender‐balanced staff profiles. Instead, a more equitable gender representation was achieved only in the last decade, following the increasing ‘feminization’ of the student population in the discipline resulting from compulsory National Service for…
The Livelihood-based Forest Classification System of the Pwo Karen in Western Thailand
The present article details a system of forest cover classification used by the Pwo Karen, an ethnic minority group living in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand. It considers the ways in which local communities sort forest cover types into classes that are meaningful to their livelihood practices, but are at the same time embedded in conservation priorities. Rather than constituting a threat to maintaining the park's integr…
What is a forest? Competing meanings and the politics of forest classification in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
Rodolphe de Koninck, Julie Drolet and Marc Girard, Singapore
Jim Glassman, Bounding the Mekong
Fields of Desire
Developmentalism
Developmentalism is an approach to national economic development that emphasizes the intervention of the state. Current applications of developmentalism stem largely from post‐World War II aid projects inspired by modernization theories and targeting the “underdevelopment” of newly decolonized states. Developmentalism has been applied to long‐term development planning in developmental states such as South Korea and Singapore. Developmentalism has…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Agroforestry (2 works)