The Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism
This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studyi
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Also by Gabriela Kütting ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (co-edited with Ronnie Lipschutz) Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World GLOBALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT Greening Global Political Economy CONVENTIONS, TREATIES AND OTHER RESPONSES TO GLOBAL ISSUES in UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (edited) ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism Gabriela Kütting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, USA
Palgrave
macmillan
© Gabriela Kütting 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-24624-9
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For my father and my son
Contents Acknowledgments
viii
List of Abbreviations
ix
Part I
1
Chapter 1
Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Tourism and Local Environment-Society Relations
Chapter 2
Environment, Tourism and Levels of Governance
16
Chapter 3
Environment and Global Political Economy
37
Chapter 4
Consumption and Equity
62
Part II
3
Case Studies
87
Chapter 5
Zakynthos
89
Chapter 6
Thassos
114
Chapter 7
Cavo Sidero in Crete
140
Chapter 8
Conclusion
165
Bibliography
179
Index
189
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Acknowledgments I am grateful to the many peopl
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