Violence, Backpackers, Security and Critical Realism

Botterill, D.; Pointing, Shane Boris; Hayes-Jonkers, Charmaine; Clough, Alan R.; Jones, Trevor; Rodríguez, Cristina Méndez

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2013.01.007

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“…The Critical Realist tradition of social inquiry has a long history since Bhaskar first introduced the concept in “A Realist Theory of Science” in 1978 [ 6 ]. The aim of Critical Realism is to identify the causal mechanisms which produce patterns, the data regularities identified through qualitative and quantitative scientific methods [ 7 ]. In this paper we apply this Critical Realist method to the qualitative and quantitative findings of the TETP, and the policy and cultural environments to reflect on one central question: “What CONTEXTS and MECHANISMS contributed to the OUTCOMES of the identified ETS control strategies in each community?”…”

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“We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

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Smoking prevalence in remote Australian Aboriginal communities remains extraordinarily high, with rates reported of up to 82%. Widespread exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is exacerbated by overcrowded housing. Implementation of existing smoke-free policies is challenged by the normalization of smoking and a lack of appropriate regulation resources. This paper celebrates a grassroots approach to control of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in these settings. We report on selected findings from a tobacco intervention study in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 2007–2012. In community-level tobacco use surveys at baseline (n = 400 ≥ 16 years), participants reported concern about the constant exposure of non-smokers to tobacco smoke. Suggestions for action included restricting smoking in private and public spaces. We selected three case studies illustrating management of ETS from observational data during the study’s intervention phase. Using a critical realist approach, the context and mechanisms that contributed to specific strategies, or outcomes, were examined in order to develop a hypothesis regarding more effective management of ETS in these environments. Our results suggest that in discrete, disadvantaged communities, enhanced local ownership of smoke-free policies and development of implementation strategies at the grassroots level that acknowledge and incorporate cultural contexts can contribute to more effective management of ETS.

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“We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

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“…Botterill et al (2013) have shown how surface indicators of violence in a tourist city are only a starting point for exploring the depth of social reality that provides the conditions necessary for its existence. They identify several "mechanisms" that make violence possible despite the otherwise exemplary efforts of many stakeholders in the city to protect public safety.…”

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“…A further retroductive move identifies two deeper mechanisms. In respect of alcoholrelated violence Botterill et al (2013) identify the mechanism "acquiescence of transgression" and, in respect of sexual violence, a mechanism "collusion of denial". Our purpose in referring to this article is not to suggest that the same mechanisms are at work in our case study as our evidence is insufficient to draw such parallels.…”

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Tourism and Transgression: Resort Development, Crime and the Drug Economy

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Seixas²,

Höeffel³

2013

Tourism Planning & Development

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This article aspires to open a new line of conceptual analysis in the tourism development literature by exploring the relationships between resort development, violent crime and the drug economy. At the centre of our critical realist analysis is the relationship between tourism and transgression, a relationship that we argue deserves a more central place in researching tourism development. A case study of the north coast of Sao Paulo state is reported. Primary data from field observations and interviews are combined with the analysis of published data on crime and violence in the city and media reports of violence. We synthesise a range of academic literatures, published in both English and Portuguese, in the fields of criminology, real estate management, demography, health and tourism studies in order to make our arguments. Utilising retroduction, the mechanism "immunisation" is proposed as having explanatory power in understanding the relationship between tourism resort development, violent crime and the drug economy.

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“…Perhaps an alternative approach, based on specificity and "constitutivitity" of certain aspects of tourism could bring us closer to a more "objective" truth about tourism, i.e. investigated from more critical-realistic positions as discussed by Botterill, Pointing, Hayes-Jonkers, Rodrigues, Jones & Clough, 108 Botterill 109 and Pernecky. …”

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The Scientific Identity of Tourism Research. Polish Views Versus Those of Foreign Academia

Butowski

2015

Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki

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The aim of this article is to present empirical results of a survey devoted to the issue of the scientific identity of Polish and international scholars of tourism. The survey has a firm theoretical background and the results are presented in the light of achievements of international literature. The article features: 1) a theoretical discussion and an overview of previous research and selected literary sources; 2) a presentation of the results of the author's empirical studies of the scientific identity carried out among Polish and international researchers of tourism; 3) more general conclusions related to the issues addressed in the paper.The empirical research project has the qualitative character (the non-representative survey on a purposeful sample) and was carried out in 2013 and 2014. The project covers two subsamples: international and Polish. The international subsample encompasses around 180 scholars of different scientific grades, age and experience in tourism research. The respondents represent leading public and private institutions (mostly universities as well as national and international tourism scientific associations and independent institutes) from almost 50 countries and all the continents. The Polish subsample includes 90 tourism scholars of various age, profile, experience and academic degree. They are representatives of the main national academic centres and scientific disciplines which deal with the issues related to tourism.The general results suggest that Polish scholars of tourism hold more conservative positions than their international colleagues as far as the recognition of the specific scientific identity of tourism research is concerned. At the same time it should be noted that some similarities in the Polish and international academia's views on the subject in question exist. Finally, it should also be stated that both Polish and international scholars dealing with tourism are internally divided as regards the methodological position of tourism research -es-*

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Violence, Backpackers, Security and Critical Realism

Cited by 35 publications

References 10 publications

“We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

“We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

Tourism and Transgression: Resort Development, Crime and the Drug Economy

The Scientific Identity of Tourism Research. Polish Views Versus Those of Foreign Academia

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