Capitalist globalisation, corporated tourism and their alternatives / Freya Higgins-Desbiolles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgins-Desbiolles, Freya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Any realistic understanding of contemporary tourism in the 21st century must be grounded in a context of the dynamics of capitalist globalisation. Sociologist Leslie Sklair's conceptualisation of capitalist globalisation and its dynamics as expressed in his Sociology of the Global System (2002) is employed to understand the corporatised tourism phenomenon and explain the resistance that it sparks. This discussion explains how a corporatised tourism sector has been created by transnational tourism and travel corporations, professionals in the travel and tourism sector, transnational practices such as the liberalisation being imposed through the General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations and the culture-ideology of consumerism that tourists have adopted.

Contents:

""Capitalist Globalisation, Corporated Tourism and their Alternatives""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Globalisation""; ""The Evolution to Globalisation""; ""Perspectives on Globalisation""; ""Three Arenas of Globalisation""; ""It Is Capitalist Globalisation that Matters""; ""Sklair's Sociology of the Global System""; ""Twin Crises""; ""Towards Socialist Globalisation""; ""From Globalisation to Corporatised Tourism""; ""Context of the Global Tourism Industry""; ""Globalisation and Tourism""; ""Institutions""; ""Transnational Capitalist Class - A Case Study""

""Tourism Transnational Practices""""Culture-Ideology of Consumerism and the Right to Travel""; ""Evidence of the Twin Crises in Tourism""; ""Opposition Fostered by the Twin Crises""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

"Novinka."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [85]-96) and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-600-4

OCLC:

923658236