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Title Political ecology and tourism / sanjay Kumar Nepal ; Jarkko Saarinen
Published Basingstoke : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (304 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Political Ecology
Routledge studies in political ecology.
Summary Political ecology explicitly addresses the relations between the social and the natural, arguing that social and environmental conditions are deeply and inextricably linked. Its emphasis on the material state of nature as the outcome of political processes, as well as the construction and understanding of nature itself as political is greatly relevant to tourism. Very few tourism scholars have used political ecology as a lens to examine tourism-centric natural resource management issues. This book brings together experts in the field, with a foreword from Piers Blaikie, to provide a global exploration of the application of political ecology to tourism. It addresses the underlying issues of power, ownership, and policies that determine the ways in which tourism development decisions are made and implemented. Furthermore, contributions document the complex array of relationships between tourism stakeholders, including indigenous communities, and multiple scales of potential conflicts and compromises. This groundbreaking book covers 15 contributions organized around four cross-cutting themes of communities and livelihoods; class, representation, and power; dispossession and displacement; and, environmental justice and community empowerment
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Subject Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
Tourism -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Political ecology -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Political ecology
Tourism -- Environmental aspects
Tourism -- Political aspects
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Nepal, Sanjay Kumar
Saarinen, Jarkko
ISBN 9781317528067
1317528069