The Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism

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2. Part I

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   2. Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Tourism and Local Environment-Society Relations

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   3. Environment, Tourism and Levels of Governance

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   4. Environment and Global Political Economy

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   5. Consumption and Equity

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3. Case Studies

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   2. Zakynthos

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   3. Thassos

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   4. Cavo Sidero in Crete

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   5. Conclusion

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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.

• economy
• environment
• Governance
• political economy
• tourism

• Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, USA

  Gabriela Kütting

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).

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