Tourism Studies and the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780415287760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str.

Andrew Holden

Opis

Accusations have been made that tourism studies lacks a theoretical base. Such assertions are often based upon a lack of understanding of the relationship between the academic study of tourism and theories from the social sciences.
"Tourism Studies and the" "Social Sciences "provides students with a wider understanding of and grounding in the theories of the social sciences that tourism studies have been built upon. Specifically it will examine how the disciplines of economics, politics, geography, sociology, psychology and anthropology have contributed to our understanding of tourism. Extensive cross-referencing between chapters highlights the multidisciplinary nature of much tourism research. The book concludes by describing how the fields of environmental studies, development studies, feminism and ethics that transcend the boundaries of social science disciplines can be applied to tourism.
Each chapter includes:
* an introductory international case study to illustrate the application of a particular discipline to the study of tourism
* a brief introductory summary of the discipline
* a critique of its main theories and concepts which have relevance to tourism
* a discussion of how the theories and concepts have been applied to tourism using cases and examples

Spis treści

Introduction: Tourism as a Multi-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Area of Study  1. A Historical Geography of Tourism  2. Sociology and Tourism  3. Psychology and Tourism  4. Economics and Tourism  5. Political Economy and Tourism Development   . Anthropology and Tourism  7. Environmental Studies and Tourism  8. Emerging Themes and Tourism

O autorze

Andrew Holden is Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Leisure and Recreation, University of Luton, UK.