- 336 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
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 leisure today.
The book:
• situates the student in the field
• provides a comprehensive account of the leading approaches to leisure
• explores the influence of class, race, gender, ethnicity, disability and age
• discusses to role of the sate
• examines leisure in the context of changing work relationships
• locates leisure in the debate around globalization
In short, this is an indispensable, one-stop guide to understanding leisure.
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Yes, you can access Leisure Studies by Shaun Best in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- 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 Society
- 11 Globalisation and Leisure – McDisneyisation and Post-tourism
- Conclusion
- Index