Actors, power, and discourses of growth limits

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 957-978

  Bramwell, Bill ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actors; discourses; growth limits; knowledge frameworks; Malta

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748752229     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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