Post Industrial Capitalism or Strategic Management in Tourism

Post-Industrial Capitalism: Exploring Economic Inequality in America

Author: Joel I Nelson

"The work is provocative and ambitious and the writing is clear." --Choice "It is a topic in need of systematic analysis. . . . Joel I. Nelson understands and, in fact, has mastered the issues. . . . It will undoubtedly be a major contribution. . . . His approach is fresh and refreshing. . . . He has the appropriate conceptual tools to complete his synthesis. . . . I believe not only scholars--sociologists, economists, political scientists, and historians, would find Post-Industrial Capitalism useful but policymakers might also find it of interest. . . . The book can also be used as a text in an advanced undergraduate class and in a graduate seminar. . . . Nelson's thesis is coherent and logically developed. . . . I imagine this book as a college text or on a desk in Washington, DC. . . . Nelson's last book Economic Inequality was a huge success. . . . Certainly the many who relied on it in their teaching and research will welcome and use Post-Industrial Capitalism." --Lionel L. Lewis, State University of New York at Buffalo "Too often authors focus only on the positive aspects or on the downside of postindustrialism. Joel I. Nelson is proposing something that fits neatly between the two camps. . . . Nelson's strategy of building a new explanation based on a synthesis of these older approaches is very attractive. . . . There are no other books that attempt this. . . . Post-Industrial Capitalism might also be used in an advanced undergraduate course on economic sociology or social change. . . . [It] will be also acquired by professionals in sociology, social work, political science, and economics. . . . The sequence of the topics are clear and concise. . . . Each chapter pullstogether arguments that--heretofore--have been scattered across numerous books and articles (and across disciplines for that matter)." --Charles M. Tolbert II, Professor of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Louisiana State University The social and economic well-being of many Americans is increasingly at risk. Disparities in earnings and wealth are escalating, reversing a century of declining inequality. Excesses of the free market are growing-and growing more difficult to contain. Politics are increasingly conservative across the ideological spectrum, with economic competitiveness considered more important than equality and humanitarian aid. Post-Industrial Capitalism offers an alternative to the dominant and unsuccessful Marxist and industrialist views by providing a framework for explaining the widening polarization within American society. This work demonstrates a more comprehensive explanation of inequality and locates its source in the transformation of American business. It provides a fresh illustration of Schumpeter's insistence on the ability of capitalism to develop by creatively destroying its past. It not only describes the shifts in corporate resources, illustrates their use by the corporate sector, and traces their implications for inequality across the institutional spectrum, but also demonstrates how these strategies have been used by companies to intensify competition, effect greater political control, and widen the economic gap in America. Scholars interested in the question of modernity and post-industrialization, theorists of multiple theoretical persuasions, and students interested in social stratification, inequality, and social change will find Postindustrial Capitalism to be extremely valuable.

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Nelson (sociology, U. of Minnesota) locates the source of inequality and polarization within American society in the transformation of American business, describing the shifts in corporate resources and their use by the corporate sector, and the implications for inequality across the institutional spectrum. He demonstrates how corporate strategies have been used to intensify competition, effect greater political control, and widen the economic gap in America. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Strategic Management in Tourism

Author: Luiz Moutinho

This book contains coverage and analytical discussion of the three key areas of contemporary tourism management: evaluation of the most important global trends in tourism; analysis of the impact of crucial environmental issues and their implications; the major factors affecting international tourism management. The aim of this advanced textbook is to provide a vision of integrated management which will benefit students in their future careers.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Preface
Pt. 1	The Tourism Environment	1
1	Trends in Tourism	3
2	The Marketing Environment for Travel and Tourism	17
Pt. 2	Tourism Marketing Management	39
3	Consumer Behaviour	41
4	Tourism Marketing Research	79
5	Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning and Strategic Marketing	121
Pt. 3	Functional Management in Tourism	167
6	Human Resource Issues in Travel and Tourism	169
7	Financial Management in Tourism	187
8	Operations Management	211
9	Strategic Quality Management	239
Pt. 4	Strategic Planning in Tourism	257
10	Strategic Planning	259
11	The Marketing Planning Index: A Tool for Measuring Strategic Marketing Effectiveness in the Hospitality Sector	283
12	Demand Modelling and Forecasting	293
13	International Tourism Management	315
	Index	337