Utilitarian and abstract rhetorics in ecotourism and social constructionism: The power of language

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 231-246

  Lima, Ismar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brazil; Competing discourses; Ecotourism; LEG; Local environmental governance; New Zealand; Social constructionism; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958560750     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2009.024990     Document Type: Article

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