Michelle

Author's details

Name: Michelle Bovee
Date registered: 16 May, 2011

Biography

Michelle Bovée studied at James Madison University in Virginia, where she graduated with a BA in Political Science with a focus on international and comparative politics. She is currently attending the London School of Economics in the Fall to get her Masters in International Affairs. Michelle has been a Program and Research Intern with the SISGI Group since summer 2011, and is now a featured writer. She will post every fourth Monday on international economic development, the political and economic ramifications of the Arab Spring, and sustainable tourism.

Latest posts

  1. Border Clashes Create Anger in Turkey — 20 May, 2013
  2. Myanmar in the Balance — 22 April, 2013
  3. Tourism in Cuba? — 25 March, 2013
  4. Economics and Happiness — 25 February, 2013
  5. Jordanian Elections: Tipping Point — 28 January, 2013
  6. Doomsday Tourism — 18 December, 2012
  7. Obama Visits Myanmar — 20 November, 2012
  8. Libya’s Anniversary — 23 October, 2012
  9. Abortion-Included Tours — 6 August, 2012
  10. Economic Boom in Myanmar — 23 July, 2012
  11. Electricity and the Arab Spring — 9 July, 2012
  12. Economics 101 — 18 June, 2012
  13. What Do You Know About Capitalism? — 28 May, 2012
  14. The Pitfalls of Voluntourism — 17 May, 2012
  15. Egypt: Islamic Democracy? — 10 May, 2012
  16. Craft Beer and the Global Economy — 3 May, 2012
  17. Tourism in the Korean DMZ — 26 April, 2012
  18. Bahraini Activists Gain Steam — 19 April, 2012
  19. The Economics of Happiness — 12 April, 2012
  20. Myanmar and the Politics of Tourism — 5 April, 2012
  21. Separatism in Libya — 29 March, 2012
  22. Cambodia’s First IPO — 22 March, 2012
  23. Holy Land Tourism — 15 March, 2012
  24. International Women’s Day and the Arab Spring — 8 March, 2012
  25. Millennium Development Goal Achieved: Now What? — 1 March, 2012
  26. World Tourism Day 2012 — 23 February, 2012
  27. UN Resolution on Syria: What’s the Point? — 16 February, 2012
  28. India Revisited — 10 February, 2012
  29. Egypt’s Soccer Riots Create Uncertainty — 2 February, 2012
  30. Business in Bhutan? — 26 January, 2012
  31. Responsible Tourism Reaches Egypt — 19 January, 2012
  32. Two-Year Anniversary of Haitian Earthquake — 12 January, 2012
  33. End of Year Review: Arab Spring, Part Three — 22 December, 2011
  34. End of Year Review: Arab Spring, Part Two — 15 December, 2011
  35. End of Year Review: Arab Spring, Part 1 — 8 December, 2011
  36. Myanmar: The Final Frontier — 1 December, 2011
  37. Arab League Threatens Syria with Sanctions — 18 November, 2011
  38. Is Happiness a Good Measure of Development? — 10 November, 2011
  39. New Hope for Peace in Syria — 3 November, 2011
  40. Voluntourism and the Job Market — 28 October, 2011
  41. Culture and Economic Development — 20 October, 2011
  42. Do We Need A New Measure of Development? — 13 October, 2011
  43. No-Fly Zone for Syria? — 6 October, 2011
  44. Using the Tourism Industry to Benefit Youth — 30 September, 2011
  45. Arab Spring Economics — 22 September, 2011
  46. Penang’s Economic Revivial — 16 September, 2011
  47. All About Greenwashing — 8 September, 2011
  48. Ramadan: A Recap — 1 September, 2011
  49. Microfinance Must Return to its Roots — 25 August, 2011
  50. Voluntourism Certification — 22 August, 2011

Most commented posts

  1. Abortion-Included Tours — 4 comments
  2. Voluntourism Certification — 4 comments
  3. Myanmar and the Politics of Tourism — 3 comments
  4. Voluntourism: the Good and the Bad — 3 comments
  5. Responsible Tourism Reaches Egypt — 3 comments

Author's posts listings

May 20

Border Clashes Create Anger in Turkey

Syria

It’s been a while since I’ve written about the Arab Spring, mostly because it’s not really the “Arab Spring” anymore. Egypt, Syria, Libya, and others, have been struggling for two years now, and there is little hope that the conflict will be resolved any time soon, particularly in Syria.   The violence in Syria has …

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Apr 22

Myanmar in the Balance

Regular readers of this blog will know that Myanmar has long been one of my favorite topics.  I’ve written many times, often quite hopefully, about what the future may hold for this isolated country as it begins to open up economically and socially.  New president Thein Sein has made serious moves towards reforming the military-ruled country, …

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Mar 25

Tourism in Cuba?

Cuba

I’ve written a lot about the opening up of Myanmar and Bhutan and their possibilities for sustainable tourism, so today I thought I would look at another isolated country: Cuba.  Travel between the United States and Cuba has been forbidden since February 8th, 1969, just a few months after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. …

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Feb 25

Economics and Happiness

Happiness

In the 1970s Richard Easterlin wrote an article titled “Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence,” in which he described what is now known as the Easterlin Paradox and became the father of happiness economics. The Easterlin Paradox, simply stated, suggests that people do not get happier as they get richer.   …

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Jan 28

Jordanian Elections: Tipping Point

An election official tallies votes in Amman, Jordan

Jordan has largely stayed out of the news since the start of the Arab Spring, as the country has–so far–managed to avoid any major shake-ups or protests.  This may be about to change, however.  Resentment against King Abdullah II has been building for some time, and these elections were a way for his government to show …

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Dec 18

Doomsday Tourism

Doomsday

With the End of the World fast approaching, I thought it would be interesting to look at the impact fears of Earth’s imminent destruction are having on tourism. It may seem like an odd line of inquiry, but in fact many people have flocked to areas believed to be, for various reasons, the only place(s) …

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Nov 20

Obama Visits Myanmar

Obama

I’ve written a considerable amount about Myanmar here on Not Enough Good, so of course I was excited when I heard that President Obama was planning a trip to Southeast Asia that included a historic stop in Myanmar. This is the first time a sitting American president has visited the country, and both Bill Clinton …

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Oct 23

Libya’s Anniversary

 Brief Editorial Note: Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been absent from Not Enough Good for the past few weeks. I suspended my posts so that I could move to London and settle into my new schedule as an International Relations graduate student, and now that I’ve (mostly) done so I will be …

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Aug 06

Abortion-Included Tours

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“Water always finds its way” I’ve written a little bit about health-related tourism in the past, specifically Penang, Malaysia’s efforts to use high-quality–yet very affordable–hospitals and doctors to encourage tourists to visit the state and undergo medical procedures, but, as you probably guessed from the title, this post is a little different. The Turkish government is …

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Jul 23

Economic Boom in Myanmar

As you may recall, I’ve written a couple posts about Myanmar (or Burma) in the past, though mostly in the context of tourism. I’d like to switch gears a bit this time and write about another new opportunity for the country: a stock market. Myanmar’s legislative body, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, recently approved …

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