Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism

Informationen zum Autor GABRIELA KÜTTING is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, USA. She has published extensively in the field of global environmental politics including Environment, Society and International Relations , Globalization and Environment , and Environmental Governance, Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World (edited with Ronnie Lipschutz). Klappentext This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance. Zusammenfassung This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Maps/Photos PART I Introduction Environment, Tourism and Levels of Governance Environment and Global Political Economy Consumption and Equity PART II: CASE STUDIES Zakynthos Thassos Cavo Sidero Conclusion Bibliography

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Maps/Photos PART I Introduction Environment, Tourism and Levels of Governance Environment and Global Political Economy Consumption and Equity PART II: CASE STUDIES Zakynthos Thassos Cavo Sidero Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: G. Kutting, Gabriela Kutting, G Kütting, G. Kütting, KUTTING GABRIELA
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2010
• EAN: 9780230246249
• ISBN: 978-0-230-24624-9
• No. of pages: 203
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; B, Sociology, Environmental Policy, Political Science, International Relations, Political science & theory, Sociology, general, Political Economy, urban economics, Political science and theory, International Political Economy, Environmental Politics, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, International Political Economy’, economy;environment;Governance;political economy;tourism