Leisure studies [[electronic resource] ] : themes and perspectives / / Shaun Best

• Autore: Best Shaun
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4812
• Soggetto topico: Leisure - Sociological aspects; Recreation - Sociological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Leisure studies
• ISBN: 1-4129-0386-6; 1-282-95640-X; 9786612956409; 1-4462-0228-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458093403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II