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Routledge Research in the Ethics of Tourism Series

About the Book Series

The Routledge Research in the Ethics of Tourism Series provides a forum for original and innovative international research. The series seeks to engage with key debates surrounding ethical issues in tourism from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives across the social sciences and humanities. The series will include contributions that explore ethical debates across socio-cultural, ecological, and economic lines on topics such as: climate, resource consumption, ecotourism and nature-based tourism, sustainability, responsible tourism, the use of animals, politics, international relations, violence, tourism labour, sex tourism, exploitation, displacement, marginalisation, authenticity, slum tourism, indigenous people, communities, rights, justice, and equity. This series has a global geographic coverage and offers new theoretical insights in the form of authored and edited collections to reflect the wealth of research being undertaken in this sub-field. The series is aimed at upper-level undergraduates, research students and academics.

6 Series Titles


Justice, Power, and Mobility in Tourism In Search of Ethical Encounters

Justice, Power, and Mobility in Tourism: In Search of Ethical Encounters

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Dominic Lapointe, Michela Stinson, Meghan Muldoon, Bryan Grimwood
February 13, 2026

This book offers a critical and justice-oriented examination of tourism’s complex impacts, revealing how it shapes and is shaped by economic, social, gender, environmental, animal, and racial (in)justices. It explores pathways toward more equitable and transformative practices for communities and ...

New Moral Natures in Tourism

New Moral Natures in Tourism

1st Edition

Edited By Bryan S. R. Grimwood, Kellee Caton, Lisa Cooke
September 30, 2020

How do we understand human-nature relationships in tourism, or determine the consequences of these relationships to be "good," "bad," "right," "wrong," "fair," or "just"? What theoretical and philosophical perspectives can usefully orient us in the production and consumption of tourism towards ...

Animals, Food, and Tourism

Animals, Food, and Tourism

1st Edition

Edited By Carol Kline
August 14, 2020

Food is routinely given attention in tourism research as a motivator of travel. Regardless of whether tourists travel with a primary motivation for experiencing local food, eating is required during their trip. This book encompasses an interdisciplinary discussion of animals as a source of food ...

Domestic Animals, Humans, and Leisure Rights, Welfare, and Wellbeing

Domestic Animals, Humans, and Leisure: Rights, Welfare, and Wellbeing

1st Edition

Edited By Janette Young, Neil Carr
August 14, 2020

Domestic animals are an integral component of human leisure experience and can enhance the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of humans. The interplay of human and animal experiences of justice, wellbeing, rights, and roles within leisure is the central theme of this book. Research explores the...

Wild Animals and Leisure Rights and Wellbeing

Wild Animals and Leisure: Rights and Wellbeing

1st Edition

Edited By Neil Carr, Janette Young
August 14, 2020

Wild animals form an integral component of the human leisure experience. They are a significant part of the leisure industry and are economically valuable entities. However, as sentient beings, animals also have rights and welfare needs, and, like humans, may also have their own leisure desires and...

Tourism Experiences and Animal Consumption Contested Values, Morality and Ethics

Tourism Experiences and Animal Consumption: Contested Values, Morality and Ethics

1st Edition

Edited By Carol Kline
December 12, 2019

This book provides an interdisciplinary discussion of animals as a source of food within the context of tourism. It focuses on a range of ethical issues associated with the production and consumption of animal foods, highlighting the different ways in which animals are valued and utilised within ...

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