Staff profile

staff list  BackDr Jim Butcher

  • Job title: Principal Lecturer
  • Dept: Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure
  • Tel: 01227 782323
  • Campus: Canterbury
Jim Butcher

Biography

Dr Jim Butcher, PhD (Birmingham), MPhil (Birmingham), MA (Coventry), BA, holds higher degrees from the Universities of Coventry and Birmingham, and completed his PhD at the latter in 2004. He is a Fellow of the RSA.

Research & Scholarly Interests

Dr Butcher's research intersts lie in the sociology and politics of contemporary tourism and in leisure, sport and the social inclusion agenda.

Teaching Responsibilities

Tourism and Development, Sociological and Geographical Aspects of Leisure and Tourism.

Selected Recent Publications

Books
  • Butcher, J. (2003), The Moralisation of Tourism: Sun, Sand … and Saving the World?. London: Routledge
  • Butcher, J. (2007), Ecotourism, NGOs and Development: a Critical Analysis. Routledge, London
Book Chapters
  • Butcher, J. (2008), 'Against Ethical Tourism', chapter in Tribe, J. (ed.) Beauty, Truth and Virtue: Philosophical Issues in Tourism, Channel View, Clevedon
  • Butcher, J. (2008), 'The myth of agency through ecotourism projects', chapter in Burns, P. and Novelli M. (eds.), Inequality and Growth in the Age of Tourism, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Butcher J. (2006), 'Cultural Politics and Cultural Tourism', in Robinson M. & Smith M. (eds.), Global Cultural Tourism, Channel View, Clevedon
  • Butcher, J. (2005), 'The Moralisation of Tourism and the Ethical Alternatives', chapter in Buhalis, D. & Costa, C. Tourism Business Frontiers: Consumers Products and Industry, Butterworth-Heinemann, London
Journal Articles
  • Butcher, J (2008) 'Eco-tourism as Life Politics - a Critique', in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Special issue on Ethical Tourism)
  • Butcher, J. (2008) 'Ethical' Travel and Wellbeing: Reposing the Issue', in Tourism and Recreation Research
  • Butcher, J. (2006) 'The United Nations International Year of Ecotourism: a critical analysis of development implications', Progress in Development Studies vol.6, no.2
  • Butcher, J. (2006) 'Natural Capital in the Advocacy of Ecotourism as Sustainable Development', in Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol 14 No 5
  • Butcher, J. (2006), 'A reply to Wearing et al, 'Building a Decommodified Research paradigm in Tourism: The Contribution of NGOs', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol 14, No 3
  • Butcher, J (2005), 'The Moral Authority of Ecotourism: a critical review', in Critical Issues in Tourism: Special Issue on Tourism and Environmental Management , Vol.8, Nos. 2&3, pp.114-124