Sponsor:
- Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG)
Session Convenors:
- Jan Mosedale, University of Sunderland – Jan.mosedale@sunderland.ac.uk
- Carla Ricaurte Quijano, University of Brighton – C.V.RicaurteQuijano@brighton.ac.uk
Abstract:
The notion of governance is increasingly used to refer to the dynamic structures, institutions and practices for regulating public and private socio-economic interactions. The term ‘governance’ incorporates on the one hand, the organization and structures of government (e.g. neoliberalism and shifting scales of governance); on the other hand, the social aspects and relationships between actors (e.g. governance networks).
The dispersion of the functions of the government to a wide variety of formal and informal organisations, institutions and social groups increases the complexity of decision-making, collaboration and cooperation for touristic purposes. Indeed, conflicting interests, values and perspectives on the future need to be negotiated between networked stakeholders across various scales as well as across multileveled government bodies and tourism organisations. The politics of policy-making and the meaning of tourism governance are themselves continuously negotiated in these processes. The role of the government in fostering or legitimizing emerging tourism governance practices needs consideration as the private sector and civil society are given a larger level of responsibility in sharing the accountability for the decisions and actions.
The overall purpose of the session is to discuss tourism governance in relation to private-public management including policy-making, tourism planning and management and related themes.
Deadline for Papers: 31st January 2012
See www.rgs.org/ac2012 for more details on the conference
