Victoria S Lockwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 664516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria S Lockwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria S |
| FAMILY NAME | Lockwood |
| SIGNATURE | LOCKWOOD V S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Poverty in Paradise
I compare rural income poverty on three developing Tahitian islands in France's Overseas Territory of French Polynesia (Tubuai, Rurutu, and Raivavae). As French citizens and participants in the French welfare state, rural Tahitians have a high standard of living and social welfare. Nevertheless, economic opportunities are limited, development has been uneven, and social inequality and wealth differences are growing. Low-income families experience…
Cultural Anthropology at NSF
Urbanisation in Polynesia
Tahitian Transformation
Development and Return Migration to Rural French Polynesia
In this article, a recent trend towards return migration to outer island French Polynesia is examined. Following a discussion of massive rural to urban migration throughout island Oceania, the regional and international factors responsible for reversing population movements in this French Territory are discussed. Finally, the impact of return migration on Tubuai, a rapidly developing outer island, is assessed specifically analyzing the manner in …
Development and Return Migration to Rural French Polynesia
"In this article, a recent trend towards return migration to outer island French Polynesia is examined. Following a discussion of massive rural to urban migration throughout island Oceania, the regional and international factors responsible for reversing population movements in this French Territory are discussed. Finally, the impact of return migration on Tubuai, a rapidly developing outer island, is assessed specifically analyzing the manner in…
Development, French Neocolonialism, and the Structure of the Tubuai Economy
The contemporary structure of the rapidly modernizing Tubuai economy (French Polynesia) is examined and it is argued that specific local structures, notably a strong subsistence‐oriented productive sector and a system of collective (familial) land holding, are not ‘traditional’ vestiges of the past, but are actively integrated components of the modern rural household economy. Their functions and utility to islanders are generated as external, neo…
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Development, French Neocolonialism, and the Structure of the Tubuai Economy
The contemporary structure of the rapidly modernizing Tubuai economy (French Polynesia) is examined and it is argued that specific local structures, notably a strong subsistence‐oriented productive sector and a system of collective (familial) land holding, are not ‘traditional’ vestiges of the past, but are actively integrated components of the modern rural household economy. Their functions and utility to islanders are generated as external, neo…
Development and Return Migration to Rural French Polynesia
In this article, a recent trend towards return migration to outer island French Polynesia is examined. Following a discussion of massive rural to urban migration throughout island Oceania, the regional and international factors responsible for reversing population movements in this French Territory are discussed. Finally, the impact of return migration on Tubuai, a rapidly developing outer island, is assessed specifically analyzing the manner in …
Development and Return Migration to Rural French Polynesia
"In this article, a recent trend towards return migration to outer island French Polynesia is examined. Following a discussion of massive rural to urban migration throughout island Oceania, the regional and international factors responsible for reversing population movements in this French Territory are discussed. Finally, the impact of return migration on Tubuai, a rapidly developing outer island, is assessed specifically analyzing the manner in…
Tahitian Transformation
Urbanisation in Polynesia
Cultural Anthropology at NSF
Poverty in Paradise
I compare rural income poverty on three developing Tahitian islands in France's Overseas Territory of French Polynesia (Tubuai, Rurutu, and Raivavae). As French citizens and participants in the French welfare state, rural Tahitians have a high standard of living and social welfare. Nevertheless, economic opportunities are limited, development has been uneven, and social inequality and wealth differences are growing. Low-income families experience…
Economics (6 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)