Leisure studies : themes and perspectives

Leisure studies : themes and perspectives /

What is the place of leisure in societies where people complain of 'over-work'? How do personal freedom and choice relate to the inequalities of class, gender, disability and ethnicity? This critical introduction to the field offers a systematic account of the meaning and structure of leis...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Best, Shaun
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 2010
Subjects:
Leisure > Sociological aspects.
Recreation > Sociological aspects.
Leisure > Social aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1
  • WHAT IS THE LEISURE EXPERIENCE?; 2
  • SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO LEISURE; 3
  • PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRAINT
  • CLASS AND GENDER; 4
  • PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRAINT
  • ETHNICITY, DISABILITY AND AGE; 5
  • THE EMERGENCE OF AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LEISURE; 6
  • THE UK'S CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LEISURE; 7
  • THE LOCAL STATE AND LEISURE PROVISION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; 8
  • WORK AND LEISURE
  • POST-FORDISM AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK; 9
  • WORK AND LEISURE
  • THE LEISURE SOCIETY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND POST-WORK.

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