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Key Concepts in Tourism Research
by David BotterillISBN13:
9781848601758
ISBN10:
1848601751
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
5/2/2012
Publisher(s):
SAGE Publications Ltd
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Summary
This book walks students through the selection and application of research methods within Tourism. Experienced authors introduce the relevant language and theory of key methodologies and then develop them using strategic literature review and the inclusion of international examples which relate directly to tourism. the historical and philosophical context of each method is then carefully laid out alongside the practical application of the technique. Each concept sets the historical and philosophical context of a method alongside the practical application of the technique and provides: authoritative and reliable data informative cross-referencing detailed discussion of theories and their critics suggestions for further reading The book is a vital resource for all students of tourism, leisure and management.
Table of Contents
| How to Use This Book | |
| Action Research | |
| Auto-Ethnography | |
| Case Study | |
| Constructionism | |
| Content Analysis | |
| Critical Realism | |
| Critical Theory | |
| Deduction | |
| Delphi Method | |
| Document Analysis | |
| Empiricism | |
| Epistemology | |
| Ethical Practice | |
| Ethnomethodology | |
| Evaluation Research | |
| Experiment | |
| Feminism | |
| Figurationalism | |
| Grounded Theory | |
| Hermeutics | |
| Interview/Focus Group | |
| Modeling | |
| Narrative | |
| Paradigm | |
| Phenomenology | |
| Positivism | |
| Post-Colonialism | |
| Postmodernism | |
| Realism | |
| Repertory Grid | |
| Survey | |
| Symbolic Interactionism | |
| Visual Methods | |
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