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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974393803321

Autore

Best Shaun

Titolo

Leisure studies : themes and perspectives / / Shaun Best

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2010

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2010

ISBN

9786612956409

9781412903868

1412903866

9781282956407

128295640X

9781446202289

1446202283

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.) : ill

Disciplina

306.4812

Soggetti

Leisure - Sociological aspects

Recreation - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

10 GLOBALISATION AND LEISURE - THE CONSUMER SOCIETY10 - GLOBALISATION AND LEISURE - THE CONSUMER SOCIETY; 11 - GLOBALISATION AND LEISURE - MCDISNEYISATIONAND POST-TOURISM; CONCLUSION; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A critical evaluation of the central debates within leisure studies, this



text looks at both management theories and leisure management, as well as historical debates on key issues such as rational recreation, public service broadcasting and tourism.