Leisure studies : themes and perspectives / Shaun Best.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Shaun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leisure--Sociological aspects.

Leisure.

Recreation--Sociological aspects.

Recreation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2010.

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612956409

9781412903868

1412903866

9781282956407

128295640X

9781446202289

1446202283

OCLC:

698103895