Politics of World Heritage

David Harrison is a London educated Sociologist/Anthropologist who has taught at the University of Sussex, London Metropolitan University, and The University of the South Pacific in Fiji, from which he retired in 2014.  The USP link continues, and he is also associated with St. Mary's University College in London and the University of Surrey. He has written extensively on tourism and development and has researched its impacts in Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and South-East Asia.Michael Hitchcock is Director of the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University.

• Foreword - Francesco Bandarin Introduction: Contested Narratives in the Domain of World Heritage - David HarrisonWorld Heritage as NIMBY? The Case of the Dutch Part of the Wadden Sea - Bart J.M. van der Aa, Peter D. Groote and Paulus P.P. HuigenHuddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument - Joanne MaddernMundo Maya: From Cancún to City of Culture. World Heritage in Post-colonial Mesoamerica - Graeme EvansLandscape, Memory and Heritage: New Year Celebrations at Angkor, Cambodia - Tim Winter Levuka, Fiji: Contested Heritage? - David HarrisonPost-colonial Politics and Resurgent Heritage: The Development of Kyrgyzstan’s Heritage Tourism Product - Karen Thompson World Trade Law, Culture, Heritage and Tourism: Towards a Holistic Conceptual Approach? - James TunneyAn Observation Station for Culture and Tourism in Vietnam: A Forum for World Heritage and PublicParticipation - Tomke Lask and Stefan HeroldThe Meanings and Effectiveness of World Heritage Designation in the USA - Kevin Williams Managing the Cedars of Lebanon: Botanical Gardens or Living Forests? - Myra ShackleyIncluding the Outsiders: The Contribution of Guides to Integrated Heritage Tourism Management in Cusco, Southern Peru - Gemma McGrath Locating Global Legacies in Tana Toraja, Indonesia - Kathleen M. AdamsGlobal Heritage and Local Problems: Some Examples from Indonesia - Geoffrey Wall and Heather BlackCreating and Recreating Heritage in Singapore - Kim Jane SaundersWunderkammer 02: An Exhibition of Art, Craft and Souvenirs from World Heritage Sites in Tasmania and Far North Queensland - David L. HumeElephanta Island: World Heritage, Cultural Conservation and Options for Nature Conservation - Graham WaltersAfterword - Michael Hitchcock

This book is a solid addition to the scholarly literature on heritage tourism and, in particular, the geopolitics of the management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The editors have done an excellent job in providing both a geographically wide-ranging set of case studies and critical scholarly research. This is a fine volume for practitioners and scholars in heritage tourism management and research. Those with serious interests in World Heritage Sites, the UNESCO selection process, heritage management and heritage tourism ought to consider this volume.