Legitimizing path development by interlinking institutional logics: The case of Israel’s desert tourism

Maximilian Benner

Local Economy, 2022, vol. 37, issue 7, 564-583

Abstract: The legitimation of new regional industrial paths has become a crucial issue in path development since it touches the institutional foundations of spatial evolution and fits the recent interest in agency. Neo-institutional sociology offers a wealth of insights for how agents build legitimacy. In particular, the institutional logics perspective suggests multiple material and symbolic sources of legitimacy. Seeking a deeper contextualization of paths into their socio-institutional environment, this article argues that new paths are legitimized by agents interlinking institutional logics through symbolic constructions such as visions. Empirical examples from two tourism destinations in Israel illustrate this mechanism.

Keywords: evolutionary economic geography; institutional logics; legitimacy; path development; neo-institutional sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/02690942231172728

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