Full Description
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.
Contents
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?
