Tourism Social Science Series – serie
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26 produkter
Tourism Community Relationships
Av P.L. Pearce, G.M. Moscardo m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1426 kr
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The study of tourism is, arguably, ready for a thorough theoretical yet empirical analysis of the relationship between tourism and host communities. Pearce, Moscardo and Ross deal with the impacts tourism is having on communities internationally, going beyond a mere review of such impacts to …
Anthropology of Tourism
Av Dennison Nash, Jafar Jafari
Inbunden, 1996
1126 kr
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This book is designed to give an overview and critical assessment of the developing field of tourism study in anthropology. It aims to engage the reader with questions that anthropologists have raised about tourist and the ways that they have dealt with them in their research. Basic research from …
Leisure Migration
A Sociological Study on Tourism
Av Jozsef Borocz, Jafar Jafari
Inbunden, 1996
1042 kr
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The book opens with an account of recent developments in the economic, political and cultural sociology of international tourism and goes on to analyse the relationships between international tourism and the broad economic determinants of the world system. The book aims to understand "leisure …
Tourism and Religion
Av Boris Vukonic, Jafar Jafari
Inbunden, 1996
1353 kr
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The interrelationship of religion and tourism has barely been touched upon in scholarly research. This book aims to present and analyze this relationship from sociological, economic and anthropological perspectives. The religious tourist and categories of religiously motivated tourism are …
Tourism and Modernity
A Sociological Analysis
Inbunden, 2000
1378 kr
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In western society it is taken for granted that tourism is a necessary element of contemporary lifestyle, but while many people recognize its importance, they are usually more concerned with its contribution to the economy than with its social, cultural, and political significance. As a social …
Exporting Paradise
Tourism and Development in Mexico
Inbunden, 2002
1582 kr
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Tourism and development are frequently mentioned together, yet the contribution of tourism to development in the Third World is controversial. This book provides an in depth study of Mexico's experience with the international tourism industry over the last 35 years of the 20th century. Beginning in …
Empowerment for Sustainable Tourism Development
Inbunden, 2003
1364 kr
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Aiming to explore theoretical advances in tourism studies, this book explores the triadic relationship between tourism, sustainable development and empowerment. While tourism has begun to focus on community consultations, the process has tended to follow the path of development for communities …
Contemporary Tourism
Diversity and Change
Inbunden, 2004
1333 kr
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This volume brings together Cohen's principle articles on the sociology of tourism, published over the last three decades. Part one collects his major theoretical papers, starting with the pioneering articles of the 1970's, which contributed to the opening of the field of tourism for social science …
Identity Tourism
Imaging and Imagining the Nation
Av Susan Pitchford, Jafar Jafari
Inbunden, 2008
1392 kr
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"Identity Tourism: Imaging and Imagining the Nation" examines the role of tourism in the construction of national identity. To imagine a nation, nationalists must construct a national story about their history and culture that defines them as a people, and counters the negative story circulated by …
Explorations in Thai Tourism
Collected Case Studies
Inbunden, 2008
1247 kr
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After years of study of mainstream tourism in Thailand, brought together in two volumes the author realized the existence of a multiplicity of tourist phenomena and events of considerable interest but as yet unexplored in tourism research. These were conducted in the course of the last four years …
Discovery of Tourism Economics
Av Larry Dwyer
Inbunden, 2011
1506 kr
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"The Discovery of Tourism Economics", presents the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism economists, many of whom pioneered the field. This book is a unique collection of personal experiences and is a literary celebration of the global community of economic scholars - current …
Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts
Av Antonio Migu Nogues-Pedregal
Inbunden, 2012
1392 kr
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This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourism destinations through ethnographic examples and case studies from places including Greece, Spain, Morocco, Croatia, Lebanon, France, and Crete. Exploring themes such as globalization, cosmopolitanism, leisure …
Geographies of Tourism
European Research Perspectives
Av Julie Wilson, Salvador Anton Clave
Inbunden, 2013
1217 kr
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This volume examines and contrasts different perspectives on and approaches to the geography of tourism from across European regions and language traditions. Authors have critiqued the dominance of Anglo Saxon voices in research on tourism geographies - not just in linguistic terms - but also in …
Tourism Social Media
Transformations in Identity, Community and Culture
Av Ana Maria Munar, Szilvia Gyimothy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1645 kr
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This volume addresses the transformative power of tourism social media and offers novel theoretical and methodological approaches to its academic investigation. Acknowledging the collective value creation mechanisms of new media, the authors explore how technology nurtures, augments and modifies …
Tourism Research Paradigms
Critical and Emergent Knowledges
Av Ana Maria Munar, Tazim Jamal
Inbunden, 2016
1664 kr
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The theme of this book is the phenomenon of tourism and knowledge construction in tourism. Adopting a broad understanding of the paradigmatic field of tourism as the evolution and relationship between established and emergent schools of thought, this book explores the dynamics between tourism …
Tourism Research Frontiers
Beyond the Boundaries of Knowledge
Av Donna Chambers, Tijana Rakic
Inbunden, 2015
1745 kr
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This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment. This book therefore is a much needed contribution which …
Tourism Education
Global Issues and Trends
Av Pauline J. Sheldon, Cathy H. C. Hsu
Inbunden, 2015
1652 kr
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This book explores the changing landscape of tourism education in the global context. It examines and seeks to provide answers to three main questions: What knowledge and skills should tourism students be exposed to? How should tourism education programs at all levels be designed to create …
Social Conflict and Harmony
Tourism in China's Multi-ethnic Communities
Av Jingjing Yang, Lingyun Zhang m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1430 kr
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The book examines the extent to which Coser's (1956) 16 propositions can apply to tourism impact studies and, where possible, to enhance, deepen and challenge the original theory, using evidence from communities in China that differ from the context used by Coser. The combination of ethnographic …
Authenticity & Tourism
Materialities, Perceptions, Experiences
Av Jillian M. Rickly, Elizabeth S. Vidon
Inbunden, 2018
1109 kr
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Debates around the concept of authenticity date to the earliest theories of tourism, as scholars attempted to understand motivations for traveling away from 'home' and touristic experiences of places far 'away'. Over time, theories of authenticity have burgeoned from epistemological to ontological …
Space Tourism
The Elusive Dream
Inbunden, 2019
1304 kr
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There is an unbridged gap between human aspirations to travel into space and the barriers to realizing such dreams. Despite optimistic predictions, a viable space tourism industry has yet to emerge, with only a handful of 'millionaire' space tourists having experienced travel in outer space. Space …
Cognitive Psychology and Tourism
Av Noel Scott, Brent Moyle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1367 kr
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Compiled from 10 years of research, with chapters contributed by experts in the field, we demonstrate how tourism will benefit from applying a new paradigm found in mainstream psychology, termed here the ‘Cognitive Wave’. Tourism professionals who apply this will benefit by identifying how they …
Fashion and Tourism
Parallel Stories
Av Maria Gravari-Barbas, Nadzeya Sabatini
Inbunden, 2023
1372 kr
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Fashion and tourism have common structures and similarities on many fronts. Both phenomena and their operations have been through their ‘mass’ cycles, currently seeking alternative ways of expression and development. Both industries are also important business sectors globally.Fashion and Tourism: …
Sociology of Tourism
European Origins and Developments
Av Graham Dann, Giuli Liebman Parrinello
Inbunden, 2009
1621 kr
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Currently there is abundant evidence of the quasi-total domination of the sociology and anthropology of tourism by academics from the English-speaking world, a situation that appears to be aided and abetted by the publishers of books and articles in that language. This volume is the first attempt …
Modern Mass Tourism
Inbunden, 2010
1593 kr
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Broadly speaking, academic tourism research comes in two main shapes - why and how to. Both traditions seem unable to ever meet and their trajectory reminds of scissors agape. Tourism research, it is argued in this book, finds itself in a serious scissors crisis. Accordingly, the text reflects on …
Discovery of Tourism
Inbunden, 2010
1429 kr
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The book will follow the precedent set by Dennison Nash's "Tourism Social Science Series" anthology, "The Study of Tourism". "The Discovery of Tourism", will present the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism geographers, many of whom pioneered the field. The stories will reveal …
History of Tourism Thought
Social Science Beginnings
Av Dennison Nash, Stephen L.J. Smith m. fl.
2012
5733 kr
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This special box set collection includes four volumes from the esteemed "Tourism Social Science Series". Each book presents the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism scholars, many of whom pioneered the field. This is a unique collection of personal experiences and is a literary …
