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Tourism, power, and space / edited by Andrew Church and Tim Coles

Contributor(s): Series: Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 7Publication details: London : Routledge, c2007.Description: xiv, 295 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415329521 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791 TOU
Contents:
1. Tourism, politics and the forgotten entanglements of power -- Part I Power, performance and practice: 2. The power of the tourist encounter - 3. Adventure tourism: will to power? 4. Disability legislation and the empowerment of tourists with disabilities in the United Kingdom -- Part II Power, property and resources: 6. The politics of bed units: growth control in the resort of Whistler, British Columbia - 7. Pedestrian shopping streets and urban tourism in the restructuring of the Chinese city - 8. Power, resource mobilisation and leisure conflict on inland rivers in England -- Part III. Power, governance and empowerment: 9. Empowerment and stakeholder participation in tourism destination communities - 10. Prosecuting power: tourism, inter-cultural communications and the tactics of empowerment - 11. Tourism, governance and the (mis-)location of power - 12. Tourism and the many faces of power.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Tourism, politics and the forgotten entanglements of power -- Part I Power, performance and practice: 2. The power of the tourist encounter - 3. Adventure tourism: will to power? 4. Disability legislation and the empowerment of tourists with disabilities in the United Kingdom -- Part II Power, property and resources: 6. The politics of bed units: growth control in the resort of Whistler, British Columbia - 7. Pedestrian shopping streets and urban tourism in the restructuring of the Chinese city - 8. Power, resource mobilisation and leisure conflict on inland rivers in England -- Part III. Power, governance and empowerment: 9. Empowerment and stakeholder participation in tourism destination communities - 10. Prosecuting power: tourism, inter-cultural communications and the tactics of empowerment - 11. Tourism, governance and the (mis-)location of power - 12. Tourism and the many faces of power.