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 studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance.

Author: G. Kütting
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/16/2010
Pages: 193
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230246249

About the Author
GABRIELA KÜTTING is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, USA. She has published extensively in the field of global environmental politics including Environment, Society and International Relations, Globalization and Environment, and Environmental Governance, Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World (edited with Ronnie Lipschutz).