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Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women's lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and
Autor:
Peggy Teo, T.C. Chang
Publikováno v:
Urban Studies. 46:341-367
In creative cities, new enterprises emerge all the time catering to the changing needs and lifestyles of visitors and local communities. Reputable institutions, cultural activities, iconic buildings as well as small, local businesses all play a role
Publikováno v:
Tourism Geographies. 10:150-168
Heritage as a tourism commodity has raised expectations about the profits that it can potentially bring. Lijiang Ancient Town, since acquiring World Heritage status in 1997, has become increasingly dependent on state support and private enterprise to
Publikováno v:
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 5:28-45
In this paper, we examine what a few scholars have referred to as postmodernist intimations within contemporary tourism practices, and their potential implications on the way that history is portrayed within ‘dark tourism’ sites. Drawing upon the
Autor:
Sandra Leong, Peggy Teo
Publikováno v:
Annals of Tourism Research. 33:109-131
Backpacking research has mainly focused on Western backpackers even if their destinations are in less developed Asian countries. This paper engages a postcolonial approach to decenter the Western orientation and to reclaim epistemological space for t
Publikováno v:
Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Public health measures employed to fight against the spread of SARS need to be guided by biomedical knowledge as well as an understanding of the social science aspects of the disease. Using Singapore as a case study, we explore how the state construc
Autor:
Peggy Teo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 16:43-67
Health care policy in Singapore is similar to that in the United States and the United Kingdom, where a residualist strategy is used to pass health care costs to individuals and their families, the rationale being that this enables the state to conce
Publikováno v:
Population, Space and Place. 10:43-58
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’ –
Autor:
Peggy Teo
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 27:545-563
Penang Development Corporation, tasked with placing Penang at the forefront of Malaysia's economic development, has imagineered Penang into a city of vibrance and innovation. Besides manufacturing, tourism is promoted as a mainstay of the economy. Co
Publikováno v:
Health Policy. 64:399-413
Health care social policy in Singapore has passed the burden of care to the individual and the family on the rationale that it would enable the state to contain the costs of long-term care by channelling some of its funds to community services and to