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An ‘Ation’ Not A ‘Nation’: The Globalisation Of World Politics, Richard Woodward
An ‘Ation’ Not A ‘Nation’: The Globalisation Of World Politics, Richard Woodward
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Shaping Tourism Places: Agency And Interconnections In Festival Settings, Bernadette Quinn
Shaping Tourism Places: Agency And Interconnections In Festival Settings, Bernadette Quinn
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In the contemporary era local places seem exposed to more and faster change than ever before. The difference between places seems to be diminishing and debates as to whether ‘cultural homogenisation’ or ‘reconstituted difference’ best describes the changes affecting place feature prominently in recent social science and humanities literatures. Local places are linked to regional, national and supra-national spheres through multiple connections. Tourism is one important globalising force, linking places into the wider world and influencing the changing meanings of place. This chapter is broadly concerned with examining how tourism is implicated in changing the meanings of place. The type …