The global political economy of the environment and tourism / Gabriela Kütting.

By:

Kütting, Gabriela, 1967-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: x, 193 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780230246249 (alk. paper)
0230246249 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.7 KUT

Contents:

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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	333.7 KUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100442905

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgments (p. viii)
List of Abbreviations (p. ix)
Part I (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Tourism and Local Environment-Society Relations (p. 3)
Chapter 2 Environment, Tourism and Levels of Governance (p. 16)
Chapter 3 Environment and Global Political Economy (p. 37)
Chapter 4 Consumption and Equity (p. 62)
Part II Case Studies (p. 87)
Chapter 5 Zakynthos (p. 89)
Chapter 6 Thassos (p. 114)
Chapter 7 Cavo Sidero in Crete (p. 140)
Chapter 8 Conclusion (p. 165)
Bibliography (p. 179)
Index (p. 189)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gabriela Ktting 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).