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Social Conflict and Harmony: Tourism in China's Multi-ethnic Communities (Tourism Social Science Series)
Jingjing Yang
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Description for Social Conflict and Harmony: Tourism in China's Multi-ethnic Communities (Tourism Social Science Series)
Hardcover. The book primarily employs Coser's (1956) social conflict theory for a discussion of tourism development in Chinese communities. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The book examines the extent to which Coser's (1956) 16 propositions can apply to tourism impact studies and, where possible, to enhance, deepen and challenge the original theory, using evidence from communities in China that differ from the context used by Coser. The combination of ethnographic description and sociologically-oriented analysis, drawing upon both Chinese and western paradigms that are, at times very different in their underlying value system, challenges several of Coser's suppositions. The book will also draw upon subsequent publications by the authors, both severally and separately. These publications have utilised different concepts and paradigms, including for example the ... Read more
The book examines the extent to which Coser's (1956) 16 propositions can apply to tourism impact studies and, where possible, to enhance, deepen and challenge the original theory, using evidence from communities in China that differ from the context used by Coser. The combination of ethnographic description and sociologically-oriented analysis, drawing upon both Chinese and western paradigms that are, at times very different in their underlying value system, challenges several of Coser's suppositions. The book will also draw upon subsequent publications by the authors, both severally and separately. These publications have utilised different concepts and paradigms, including for example the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Tourism Social Science Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784413569
SKU
V9781784413569
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Ref
99-50
About Jingjing Yang
JingJing Yang, University of Surrey, United Kingdom LingYun Zhang, Beijing Union University, China Chris Ryan, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Reviews for Social Conflict and Harmony: Tourism in China's Multi-ethnic Communities (Tourism Social Science Series)
The kernal of the book is based on Yang's year of ethnographic fieldwork in a Tuva and Kazakh community in Uyghur, and the generalization and comparative perspectives based on the work of Ryan and Zhang. Together they show how small populations of minority cultures in China are gaining viability as they become of interest to tourists. Among the topics are ... Read more