Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje

Bio: Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje is an academic researcher from University of Palermo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & Terrorism. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 523 publications receiving 6619 citations. Previous affiliations of Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje include Universidad de Morón & Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy.

The Risk Society: Towards a new modernity

Abstract: The present review discusses one of the pioneer projects authored by Ulrich Beck, regarding risk perception issues, which was originally titled Risikogesellshaft, Auf dem weg in eine andere Moderne or in English The society of risk, towards a new modernity. This review is part of a broader project related to a Social Psychology doctoral thesis on fears of travelling in urban circumstances.

Fault Lines, how hidden fractures still threaten the World Economy

Abstract: ?Por que sucede la crisis economica de 2008? ?fue provocada por los Estados Unidos como una estrategia expansionista o una simple falla del sistema capitalista? En perspectiva, el mundo de las relaciones productivas impacta sobre el social y viceversa. No es extrano observar el interes de las ciencias sociales por el estudio del riesgo en los ultimos anos. Para los especialistas, el riesgo se corresponde con la probabilidad de sufrir algun dano a futuro...

Tourism and climate change: impacts, adaptation and mitigation

Abstract: In recent years, climate change has caused a set of disasters and economic troubles for the globalized economy. This book presents a clear diagnosis of the climate change dilemma for industrial and...

Tourism and terrorism: conflicts and commonalities

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore why tourists continue to visit troubled and often violent nations, even when there is perceived risk. Tourism and terrorism reflect very different philosophies, but there are also some disturbing commonalities. Both need modern technology to be effective, both rely heavily on media management and both require the manipulation of perceptions and attitudes.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses historical evidence to examine the rise and fall in world travel and tourism demand related to acts of terrorism.Findings – The paper observes that the Caribbean experienced a 13.5 percent decline in US visitors after the 9/11 terrorist attack in the USA and this led to the temporary loss of an estimated 365,000 jobs.Practical implications – The paper considers the fact that Jamaica suffers the equivalent of one 9/11 incident each week in terms of the percentage of the population killed by organized crime and gangs. It concludes that crime does not have the same...

Tourism research, for what?

Abstract: While tourism scholars have struggled over decades to establish tourism as a valid academic discipline, it’s no less true that social scientists have developed a negative image of our colleagues. This in fact happens because for social imaginary leisure and tourism are naive activities, or practices enrooted in an alienatory nature. Paradoxically, many of founding parents of sociology of tourism was embraced this belief, the advance of modernity, as well as tourism, will disorganize the social ties. In this essay review, we place the French Tradition under the critical lens of scrutiny revealing alternatives in tourism epistemology between tourism as a profit-oriented industry and as a mechanism of discipline.