Theoretical activity in sustainable tourism research |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Business, Valencian International University, Spain;2. Faculty of Business and Communication, Department of Business, International University of La Rioja, Spain;3. Department of Spanish and International Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Spain;4. Faculty of Economics, University of Valencia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | There is growing recognition in tourism and sustainable tourism research of the need for a fuller engagement in theoretical activity. The paper examines how different research strategies in recent articles on sustainable tourism have advanced theoretical understanding in this research field. The articles advance thinking through ideas and concepts connected with political ecology, mobilities, transition pathways, and behavioural and systems change. They are evaluated using a typology of research strategies associated with theoretical work, using a broad perspective on this work. The research strategy typology was developed for the paper, and it is explained and illustrated. While the papers on sustainable tourism use a range of strategies associated with theoretical activity, there is only limited engagement with “big” social theories. |
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| Keywords: | Theoretical activity Knowledge creation Sustainable tourism Political ecology Mobilities Transition pathways |
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