Tourism and Ethnodevelopment
Tourism and Ethnodevelopment

Author: Ismar Borges de Lima

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1351846426

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Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives and processes in the Global South, it continues to be an underutilised concept in the field. This book bridges this gap, presenting an original conceptual framework to study the relationship between tourism and ethnodevelopment. It focuses on the processes of inclusion, empowerment, self-expression and self-determination to explore the effects of tourism initiatives on the identities, cultural resilience, livelihoods and economic opportunities of ethnic minority communities. Chapters explore a range of concepts and issues such as gender, authenticity, indigenous knowledge, tradition, the commodification of culture, community-based tourism, local entrepreneurship, cultural heritage, and tourism and the environment. Drawing on rich primary research conducted across South East Asia and South and Central America the book offers detailed evaluations of the successes and failures of various tourism policies and practices. This book makes a valuable contribution for students, scholars, practitioners and policy-makers alike interested in tourism, development studies, geography and anthropology.

Development Theory
Development Theory

Author: Jan Nederveen Pieterse

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1412945151

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Written by one of the leading authorities in the field, the Second Edition of this successful book: Situates students in the expanding field of development theory Provides an unrivalled guide to the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical approaches Explains key concepts Examines the shifts in theory Offers an agenda for the future In this book, the author brings a huge range of experience and knowledge about the relationship between the economically advanced and the emerging, developing nations.

The Oxford Handbook of Music Revival
The Oxford Handbook of Music Revival

Author: Caroline Bithell

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0199765030

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Why is music from the past significant today and how has it been transformed to suit new values and agendas? This volume examines the globally recurrent cultural processes of revival, resurgence, restoration, and renewal. Interdisciplinary perspectives shed new light on authenticity, recontextualization, transmission, institutionalization, globalization, and post-revival legacies.

Gender Matters in Global Politics
Gender Matters in Global Politics

Author: Laura J. Shepherd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-21

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1135264961

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Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying feminism & international relations, gender and global politics and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of the most significant theories, methodologies, debates and issues. This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, providing students with provocative and cutting-edge insights into the study and practices of (how) gender matters in global politics. Key features and benefits of the book: Introduces students to the wide variety of feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics. Explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of other disciplines including international relations, international political economy and security studies. Addresses a large number of key contemporary issues such as human rights, trafficking, rape as a tool of war, peacekeeping and state-building, terrorism and environmental politics. Features extensive pedagogy to facilitate learning – seminar exercises, text boxes, photographs, suggestions for further reading, web resources and a glossary of key terms. In this innovative and groundbreaking textbook gender is represented as a noun, a verb and a logic, allowing both students and lecturers to develop a sophisticated understanding of the crucial role that gender plays in the theories, policies and practices of global politics.

Research Beyond Borders
Research Beyond Borders

Author: Lise-Hélène Smith

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2011-12-28

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0739143573

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This collection draws insights from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who specialize in diverse methods ranging from ethnography, archival research, and oral histories, to quantitative data analysis and experiments used in the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the empirical, methodological, and practical implications of conducting research beyond one’s national borders. The goal of this book is to help researchers contemplate existing orientations that dominate current research processes and consider the need for transnational multidisciplinary practices that remain aware of the inequalities which continually inform research practices. With this focus, this collection is also a resourceful initiative that seeks to share experiences as well as extract key ideas and approaches likely to overlap or resonate in different disciplines.

Contemporary Indian Society
Contemporary Indian Society

Author: Vijay S. Upadhyay

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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India Holds A Unique Position In The History Of Human Civilization. The Complexities Of Races, Languages And Cultures The Manifestations Of Its Uniqueness. Even Today It Has Attracted The Indian As Well S Foreign Scholars Who Have Tried To Determine The Typology, Characteristics And Boundaries Of Indian Culture. One Of The Methods Chosen To Discuss This Uniqueness Is To Detail Various Facets Of The Indian Society. The Present Volume (Ist Of The Series) Is A Humble Attempt To Analyse The Contemporary Indian Society. Professor Sachchinanda, Has Touched Various Facets Of It In His Writings, E.G., Women, Education, Children, Harijan, Tribals, Culture Change, Social Movements Etc. This Boo Includes Some Of These Themes As Traits Of Contemporary Indian Society. It Is Heartening To Note That Eminent Scholars In Their Respective Fields Have Contributed To Make Volume An Analytical Allegory.

Revolution as Development
Revolution as Development

Author: Jack Fong

Publisher: BrownWalker Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1599429942

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The Karen Revolution for self-determination has the distinction of being one of the world's longest-running struggles for freedom, having begun in 1949 and continuing to this very moment. This sociological work makes visible how ethnopolitical, petropolitical, geopolitical, and ecosystemic issues affect the political economy of a people experiencing ethnic cleansing. From the inception of its self-determination struggle in 1949, readers will be taken on a historical journey with the Karen, finally "arriving" in the 21st century. Along the way, the author exposes readers to the anatomy of how Karen revolutionary dynamics attempt to shield the Karen people against internal colonization committed by the various military regimes of Burma, and how these complex dynamics engaged by Karen revolutionaries-in a novel reformulation and reading that transcends oversimplified economisitic indicators of progress-constitute development. A study of revolution that moves beyond the simplicity of a clashing dualism exemplified by Aung San Suu Kyi pitted against the military regime, this text is for readers desiring to examine how other significant players such as the Karen, a proud people living in systemic crisis, construct nation and aspire toward democracy in the labyrinthine ethnopolitical terrain of Burma.