Tourism, Power and Space (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415329523 ISBN 13: 9780415329521

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This is the first volume to explicitly consider how leisure and tourism acts as a major focus by which power may be understood in a geographical context.

Key thinking and major approaches to unravelling the complexities of power are outlined in this collection and their relevance to current and future tourism studies is discussed. Tourism, Power and Space blends theoretical perspectives from leading power theorists such as: Parsons, Foucault and Clegg.

Exploring the intricacies of the relationships between power, tourism and leisure, this stimulating volume combines theoretical and empirical writings to illustrate the extent to which power, in its various forms and guises and at various scales of operation, impacts on the unfolding structures, practices and organization of tourism and leisure on both the demand and supply sides.

Divided into three sections: Power, Performance And Practice, Power, Property And Resources and Power, Governance And Empowerment; this text will be a useful resource for students and academics alike.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Church is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton.

Tim Coles is University Business Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Management in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415329523
• ISBN 13: 9780415329521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Church Andrew, Coles Tim