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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies. Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciencesIn...
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley Blackwell companions to geography
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118474648 |
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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies. Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciencesIntroduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developmentsIncludes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the worldContains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism's role in globalization, su. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118474495 (Adobe PDF) 111847449X (Adobe PDF) 9781118474624 (ePub) 1118474627 (ePub) 9781118474648 1118474643 130663959X 9781306639590 |
| Access: | Due to publisher license, access is restricted to authorised GRAIL clients only. Please contact GRAIL staff. |
| Index Number: | G155 |
| CLC: | F590-62 |
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Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Part 1 : Introduction; Chapter 1: Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues; Conceptualizing Tourism; The Institutionalization of Tourism Studies: Tourism as a Discipline?; Issues; References; Part 2 : Perspectives on Tourism; Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism; Chapter 2: Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior; Modeling Interdestination Tourist Movements; Modeling Intradestination Movements; Intervening Factors; Distance Decay and Market Access; Time and Financial Budgets. Trip and Personal CharacteristicsConclusion; References; Chapter 3: Tourism Motivations and Decision Making; Background Issues; A Core History of Tourist Motivation Study; Adding to the Tourist Motivation Literature; Employing Travel Motivation Concepts; Decision Making; Conclusions: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Chapter 4: Political Economy of Tourism: Regulation Theory, Institutions, and Governance Networks; Tourism and Regulation Theory; Adapting Institutions: Transformations and Restructuring; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References. Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies of TourismTourism as Geography Writ Large; Being a Tourist, Doing Tourism; Studying Tourism Cultures; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Tourism Mobilities; Global Tourism Mobilities; Heritage Tourism Mobilities; Imaginative and Communicative Tourism Mobilities; Mobile Methods; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Chapter 7: Critical Perspectives on Tourism; Early Critical Perspectives; The Development of the Critical Tourism Studies Movement; Critical Engagements in Tourism and Hospitality; Focus on the Researcher, Researcher Reflexivity. Critical Research MethodologiesCritical Tourism Pedagogy and Curriculum; Inclusion of Long-Ignored Voices; Critiques of the Critical Tourism and Hospitality Movement; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; References; Part 3 : Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces; Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces; Chapter 8: Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice; A Retrospective on the Economic Geography of Tourism; Flows of Capital; A Case Study: The Economic Geography of Air Transportation and Tourism; Discussion and Conclusion; References. Chapter 9: Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in TourismEntrepreneurship and Tourism: a Changing Research Agenda; Entrepreneurial Processes and the Small Firm; Entrepreneurial Cultures in Tourism: the Small-Scale Enterprise; Models of Small-Firm Growth: Innovation and Knowledge Transfer; Entrepreneurial Networks and Tourism Destinations; Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Future Issues; References; Chapter 10: Labor Mobility and Labor Market Structures in Tourism; Tourism Labor Markets and Labor Mobility; Tourism Labor Markets; Labor Mobility. Issues in Tourism Labor Mobility. |