The new Caribbean complexity: Mobility systems, tourism and spatial rescaling

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Sheller, Mimi ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Mobilities; Neoliberalization; Offshore economies; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; CITIZENSHIP; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MOBILITY; NEOLIBERALISM; PORT; PORT OPERATION; SOVEREIGNTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TERRITORIALITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 67749147333     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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