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Contesting the Foreshore Tourism, Society and Politics on the Coast
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This collection of essays is about tourism and social, political, and economic relations in coastal locations in various parts of the world. The starting point of each chapter is the ethnographic study of one particular place. However, the authors are also concerned with wider regional, national, and global forces which shape and influence the local economies and societies under review. Although... Read more
Series Foreword, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, 2 Privatising the Mediterranean Coastline, 3 Littoral Fishermen, Aquaculture, and Tourism in the Canary Islands: Attitudes and Economic Strategies, 4 Between the Sea and the Land: Exploring the Social Organisation of Tourism Development in a Gran Canaria Fishing Village, 5 Tourism, Kinship, and Social Change in Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 6 Evaluating Contrasting Approaches to Marine Ecotourism: ‘Dive Tourism’ and ‘Research Tourism’ in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia, 7 Fishermen and the Creation of Marine Parks: Northern Sporades (Greece), Northern Cap de Creus (Catalonia), and the Iroise Sea (France), 8 An Assessment of the Potential Interest of Fishermen to Engage in Boat-Chartering in the Context of a Marine Park: The Case of the Iroise Sea, Western Brittany, France, 9 Marine and Coastal Issues in Local Environmental Conflict: Greece, Spain, and Portugal, 10 Hotels, Tuna Pens, and Civil Society: Contesting the Foreshore in Malta, 11 All Pervading Island Tourism: The Case of Texel, The Netherlands, 12 Izola’s Fishermen between Yacht Clubs, Beaches, and State Borders: Connections between Fishing and Tourism, Index, List of Contributors
Biography
Jeremy Boissevain is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
Tom Selwyn is Professor of Anthropology at London Metropolitan University.
