The political economy of alpine development: tourism or agriculture in St Maurice [(Italy)]
1980
Vincent, J.A. (Exeter Univ. (UK))
The article considers within the framework of dependency theory alternative paths of development for a rural alpine community in the Val d'Aosta. It hypothesises that tourism rather than agriculture creates a dependent relationship between the centre of the Italian economy and the peripheral economy of St. Maurice. The details of the agricultural and tourist economies are examined and their relationship to the local value systems discussed. The communal election of 1970 is used to illustrate the conflicts which arise as the result of the introduction of winter tourism into a family farm economy.
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