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This Handbook examines the diverse ways in which climate change impacts Indigenous peoples and local communities and considers their response to these changes.

Many enter the academy with dreams of doing good, this is a book about how the institution fails them, especially if they are considered "outsiders." Tenure-track, published author, recipient of prestigious fellowships and awards¿these credentials mark Victoria Reyes as somebody who has achieved the status of insider in the academy. Woman of color, family history of sexual violence, first generation, mother¿these qualities place Reyes on the m...

The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings.

Victoria Reyes is Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Riverside.

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El Turismo constituye un sector importante para la economía mundial. El auge que este ha alcanzado, en función del potencial de recursos naturales y las características socioculturales de cada una de las regiones, lo han convertido en una esfera fundamental en la economía, tanto por el volumen de ingresos que genera, como por su efecto dinamizador sobre otras actividades sociales y económicas. No obstante, los impactos positivos del turismo de...

El turismo comunitario es considerado a nivel mundial como una actividad que encamina a las poblaciones al desarrollo sostenible, es por ello que en función de adaptarse a las nuevas tendencias de la oferta y la demanda, se experimenta, en la actualidad, un proceso de cambios profundos con el fin de aprovechar la riqueza natural y cultural de las comunidades indígenas enclavadas en dichos territorios. Todo lo anterior debe permitir un benefici...

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This book compiles a collection of case studies analysing drivers of and responses to change amongst contemporary hunter-gatherers. Contemporary hunter-gatherers’ livelihoods are examined from perspectives ranging from historical legacy to environmental change, and from changes in national economic, political and legal systems to more broad-scale and universal notions of globalization and acculturation. Far from the commonly held romantic view...