Tourism and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780080450759 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 409 str.

Peter M. Burns; Marina Novelli

Opis

Tourism and Politics aims to disseminate ideas on the critical discourse of tourism and tourists as they relate to politics, through a series of case studies from around the world written by specialists with an emphasis on linking theory to practice. That tourism is a profoundly important economic sector for most countries and regions of the world is widely accepted, even if some of the detail remains controversial. However, as tourism matures as a subject, the theories underpinning it necessarily need to be more sophisticated; tourism cannot be simply read' as a business proposition with a series of impacts. Wider questions of politics, power and identity need to be articulated, investigated and answered. While the making and consuming of tourism takes place within complex political milieux with multiple stakeholders competing for benefit, the implications are not fully understood. Literature on tourism and politics is surprisingly limited. This book will make a substantial contribution to the theoretical framework of tourism.

Spis treści

Tourism and Politics: Introduction

Chapter 1: Democracy and Tourism: Exploring the Nature of an Inconsistent Relationship

Section 1: Politics, Democracy and Organisations
Chapter 2: Tourism as Political Platform: Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism and Voting Behaviour

Chapter 3: Privatisation during Market Economy Transformation as a Motor of Development

Chapter 4: Group politics and tourism interest representation at the supranational level. Evidence from the European Union

Chapter 5: The Politics of Exclusion? Japanese Cultural Reactions and the Government’s Desire to Double Inbound Tourism

Chapter 6: Taming Tourism: Indigenous Rights as a Check to Unbridled Tourism

Chapter 7: Celebrating or Marketing the indigenous? International right organisations, national governments and tourism creation

Chapter 8: The Politics of Institution Building and European Co-operation: reflections on an EC-TEMPUS project on Tourism and Culture in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Chapter 9: Towards the Responsible Management of the Socio-Cultural Impact of Township Tourism

Chapter 10: Hegemony, globalization and tourism policies in developing countries

Chapter 11: The Politics of Tourism: Ethnic Chinese Spaces in Malaysia

Chapter 12: Preparing Now for Tomorrow: The Future for Tourism in Scotland up to 2015

Chapter 13: Governing Tourism Monoculture: Mediterranean Mass Tourism Destinations and Governance Networks.

Chapter 14: 'The MTV Europe Music Awards Edinburgh 03: Delivering Local Inclusion?

Chapter 15: The Lost Gardens and Airport Expansion: Focalisation in Heritage Landscapes

Section 3: Circulation, Flows and Security

Chapter 16: The War is Over so Let the Games Begin

Chapter 17: Hostile Meeting Grounds: Encounters between the Wretched of the Earth and the Tourist through Tourism and Terrorism in the 21st Century

Chapter 18: Defending Voyuerism: Dark tourism and the problem of Global Security

Chapter 19: Rethinking Globalization Theory in Tourism

Chapter 20: The End of Tourism, the Beginning of Law?

O autorze

Centre for Tourism Policy Studies, University of Brighton, UK,
Centre for Tourism Policy Studies, University of Brighton, UK