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| contents | From Seattle to Salonicco (and beyond). political tourism in the second generation metropolis Chiara Pozzi Guido Martinotti Estudios Territoriales G8 WEF WSF R23 urban During the last few years international summits and countersummitsacquired a growing visibility hand in hand with the staggeringincrease in number of participants and attention by civil society. Themedia attention focussed on cities and second generationmetropolises hosting these events, and brought them in the eyes of aworld audience. Today this kind of marches and demonstrations hasbecome an accepted feature in the activities constituting animportant resource in a competition between cities to attracteconomic activities and popultions on the global market.Militant tourism is a form of temporary use of urban space andservices, where the global and local dimensions of social, political,cultural and mediatic life combine in diverse and intriguing ways.The paper focuses on this new phenomenon in four cities PortoAlegre, Genoa, Davos and Florence venues of important summits,countersummits or Social Forums. As more events are coming theresearch will try to monitor them. 2004 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400102 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.1 |
| format | Artículo científico |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2004 |
| publisher | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| spellingShingle | From Seattle to Salonicco (and beyond). political tourism in the second generation metropolis Chiara Pozzi Estudios Territoriales G8 WEF WSF R23 urban From Seattle to Salonicco (and beyond). political tourism in the second generation metropolis Chiara Pozzi Guido Martinotti Estudios Territoriales G8 WEF WSF R23 urban During the last few years international summits and countersummitsacquired a growing visibility hand in hand with the staggeringincrease in number of participants and attention by civil society. Themedia attention focussed on cities and second generationmetropolises hosting these events, and brought them in the eyes of aworld audience. Today this kind of marches and demonstrations hasbecome an accepted feature in the activities constituting animportant resource in a competition between cities to attracteconomic activities and popultions on the global market.Militant tourism is a form of temporary use of urban space andservices, where the global and local dimensions of social, political,cultural and mediatic life combine in diverse and intriguing ways.The paper focuses on this new phenomenon in four cities PortoAlegre, Genoa, Davos and Florence venues of important summits,countersummits or Social Forums. As more events are coming theresearch will try to monitor them. 2004 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400102 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.1 |
| title | From Seattle to Salonicco (and beyond). political tourism in the second generation metropolis |
| topic | Estudios Territoriales G8 WEF WSF R23 urban |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400102 |