Political Ecology of Tourism by Mary Mostafanezhad, Roger Nor... - 9781138859449

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Political Ecology of TourismCommunity, power and the environment\nAuthor(s): Mary Mostafanezhad, Roger Norum, Eric J. Shelton, Anna Thompson-Carr\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138859449, 978-1138859449\nSynopsis\nWhy has political ecology been assigned so little attention in tourism studies, despite its broad and critical interrogation of environment and politics? As the first full-length treatment of a political ecology of tourism, the collection addresses this lacuna and calls for the further establishment of this emerging interdisciplinary subfield. \n\nDrawing on recent trends in geography, anthropology, and environmental and tourism studies, Political Ecology of Tourism: Communities, Power and the Environment employs a political ecology approach to the analysis of tourism through three interrelated themes: Communities and Power, Conservation and Control, and Development and Conflict. While geographically t