Tourism and Inequality: Problems and Prospects - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845936906 ISBN 13 : 9781845936907

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Providing a synthesis of tourism as a source of injustice and as a means to address inequality throughout the world, this book addresses a wide range of interrelated forms of inequality and routes towards social justice. It includes relations of class, nation, ethnicity, race, gender, disability and age to social justice initiatives such as poverty alleviation, fair trade, ethics and human rights.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

is a senior lecturer in Tourism Geography at the University of the West of England. Stroma combines her academic career with action research and consultancy, most recently looking at tourism and water rights in Indonesia. She is a director of Equality in Tourism and was the Chair of Tourism Concern (2006-2012). Stroma is an activist researcher critiquing the consequences of tourism development.

PhD is Head of the Department of Business at Swansea University, UK. A strong proponent of advocacy scholarship, he was one of originators of the notion of hopeful tourism scholarship and is co-chair of the biennial Critical Tourism Studies Conference Series. Nigel has a background in leisure policy and public sector tourism and public relations management. He is passionately interested in the connections between tourism, social justice, identity and place and has written or edited 15 books in these areas. Nigel is an editorial board member of several leading international journals including Place Branding & Public Diplomacy, Hospitality & Society and Vacation Marketing and is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Tourism Research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845936906
• ISBN 13: 9781845936907
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Cole Stroma, Morgan Nigel J
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible