1st Edition

Tourism Governance Critical Perspectives on Governance and Sustainability

Edited By Bill Bramwell, Bernard Lane Copyright 2012
    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    280 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    The role of governance has only recently begun to be researched and discussed in order to better understand tourism policy making and planning, and tourism development. Governance encompasses the many ways in which societies and industries are governed, given permission or assistance, or steered by government and numerous other actors, including the private sector, NGOs and communities.

    This book explains and evaluates critical perspectives on the governance of tourism, examining these in the context of tourism and sustainable development. Governance processes fundamentally affect whether – and how – progress is made toward securing the economic, socio-cultural and environmental goals of sustainable development. The critical perspectives on tourism governance, examined here, challenge and re-conceptualise established ideas in tourism policy and planning, as well as engage with theoretical frameworks from other social science fields. The contributors assess theoretical frameworks that help explain the governance of tourism and sustainability. They also explore tourism governance at national, regional and local scales, and the relations between them. They assess issues of power and politics in policy making and planning, and they consider changing governance relationships over time and the associated potential for social learning. The collection brings insights from leading researchers, and examines important new theoretical frameworks for tourism research.

    This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

    1. The governance of sustainable tourism in destinations: The challenge of new research perspectives in the social sciences - Bill Bramwell and Bernard Lane  Part I Governance, politics and adaptive policy-making  2. The principles of subsidiarity and the common good, and how they can underpin and lead to sustainable regional tourism governance structures - Anne Zahra  3. Adopting and implementing a transactive approach to sustainable tourism planning: Theory to practice - Meredith Wray  4. Governing sustainable tourism: Policy learning and policy failure - Michael Hall  5. Governance for protected areas as tourism destinations in the face of climate change - Susan A. Moore  6. Community-based social marketing and political theory: Insights for political action and climate change management - Tazim Jamal  7. Sustainability, and the politics of the resident-tourism relationship - Jim Macbeth and Sarah Veitch  Part II. Governance, politics and political economy  8. Neoliberalism, governance and the third way: Promises and rhetorical barriers in destination governance - Dianne Dredge and Michelle Whitford  9. Of dreams and nightmares: Tourism, governance and the political demonic - Carol Warren  10. Integrating political ecology and resilience theory to address multiple crises in tourism dependent social-ecological systems of the mesoamerican reef - Susan Stonich and Sara Alexander  11. Encountering global regulations via local practices: The politics of animal welfare in elephant tourism - Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine Moore  12. China: Harnessing the tourism dragon - Trevor Sofield

    Biography

    Bill Bramwell is Professor of International Tourism Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, and he has published widely on tourism policy and planning, tourism development in differing economic and political contexts, and sustainable tourism.

    Bernard Lane is Visiting Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He is a consultant on sustainable tourism development and management with extensive experience in Europe, Asia and Australia at national, regional and local levels.