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Slow Tourism, Food and Cities: Pace and the Search for the

1st Edition

Slow Tourism, Food and Cities Pace and the Search for the "Good Life"

Edited By Michael Clancy Copyright 2018
224 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Slow Food began in the late 1980s as a response to the spread of fast food establishments and as a larger statement against globalization and the perceived deterioration of modern life. Since then, slow practices have permeated into other areas, including cities and territories and travel and tourism. This book provides an in-depth examination of slow food, tourism and cities, demonstrating... Read more

1. Introduction: The rise of slow in a fast world

Michael Clancy

Part 1: Locating Slow: The philosophical and sociological roots of the Slow movement

2. ‘Travel too fast and you miss all you travel for’: Slower mobilities and the politics of pace
Jennie Germann Molz

3. Slow tourism: a theoretical framework
Viviana Calzati and Paola de Salvo

4. Slow travel and tourism: new concept or new label?

Peter McGrath and Richard Sharpley

5. Practicing slow: political and ethical implications

Michael Clancy

Part 2: Places and Practices of Slow

6. Creative tourism as slow tourism
Roberto Lavarini and Rosantonietta Scramaglia

7. Slow food in slow tourism

Paolo Corvo and Raffaele Matacena

8. Slow and intelligent cities: When slow is also smart

Giovanni Tocci

9. Between slow tourists and operators: expectations and implications of a strategic cross-border proposal

Moreno Zago

10. Cittàslow: The Emilia-Romagna case

Gabriele Manella

Part 3: Comparative Perspectives

11. Successful integration of slow and sustainable tourism: a case study of food tourism in the alpine region of Algovia, Germany

Katia Laura Sidali and María de Obeso

12. The experiential value of slow tourism: A Spanish perspective

José Manuel Hernández-Mogollón, Elide Di-Clemente, Ana María Campón-Cerro and José Antonio Folgado-Fernández

13. Embedding Slow Tourism and the ‘Slow Phases’ framework: The case of Cambridge, UK

Michael B. Duignan and Chris Wilbert

14. Drinking in the good life: Tourism mobilities and the slow movement in wine country

Donna Senese, Filippo Randelli, John Hull, and Colleen Hiner

15. Conclusion: The promises and pitfalls of slow

Michael Clancy

Biography

Michael Clancy is Professor of political science in the Department of Politics, Economics, and International Studies at the University of Hartford, USA. He is the author of two books on tourism and development in Mexico and Ireland, respectively, and has written on various aspects of tourism and political economy.

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