Tourism policy agenda setting, interest groups and legislative capture

International Journal of Tourism Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-221

  Swanson, Jason R ^a   Brothers, Gene L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Capture theory; Interest groups; Legislative capture; Qualitative research; Tourism policy; Trade associations

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; LEGISLATION; LOBBYING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867638342     PISSN: 17504090     EISSN: 17504104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2012.049719     Document Type: Article

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