Hi all

Apologies for the cross posting. Please find below details of our forthcoming edited collection in Political Ecology and Tourism.

Political Ecology and Tourism

Edited by Sanjay Nepal & Jarkko Saarinen
Publication date: 16 March 2016

304pp

Hb: 978-1-138-85246-4:
Was: £90.00 Now: £72.00*

Ebook: 978-1-315-72347-1:
£34.99 AVAILABLE AT THIS PRICE FROM THIRD PARTY E-BOOK RETAILERS

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 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.

With a foreword from Piers Blaikie, this ground-breaking 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. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in tourism, geography, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, and natural resources management.

Contents: Introduction |  Part I: Communities & Livelihoods Introduction  Part II: Class, Representation & Power Introduction  Part III: Dispossession & Displacement Introduction  Part IV: Environmental Justice & Community Empowerment Introduction | Conclusion

List of contributors: Sanjay K. Nepal - Jarkko Saarinen -  Piers Blaikie -  Erin McLean-Purdon - Thomas F. Thornton - Paphaphit Wanasuk - Thomas Karrow - Tracey Thompson - Noella J. Gray - Lisa M. Campbell - Alexandra Meeker  - Heidi Karst - Ngawang Gyeltshen - Adam Keul - Elizabeth S. Vidon - Monkgogi Lenao - Smriti Dahal - Alex R. Colucci - Amanda N. Mullett - Carter Hunt - Fernanda de Vasconcellos Pegas - Joseph E. Mbaiwa - Hannu I. Heikkinen - Nicolás Acosta García - Simo Sarkki - Élise Lépy  - Lisa Cooke  - Isis Saavedra-Luna - Yolanda Massieu-Trigo

For a full table of contents and further information, please click here.

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Many thanks

Faye

Faye Leerink | Editor | Routledge Research

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