Leisure Studies: Themes and Perspectives
Autor Shaun Besten Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 2009
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781412903868
ISBN-10: 1412903866
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1412903866
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
'Drawing upon the best traditions of British and North American Leisure Studies, Shaun Best provides a synthesis of relevant social theory, presents thought provoking inquiry-driven examples and invites students to acquire a better understanding of leisure in today's world' - Professor David Botterill, University of Wales
Cuprins
What is the Leisure Experience?
Socio-Economic and Cultural Approaches to Leisure
Participation and Constraint - Class and Gender
Participation and Constraint - Ethnicity, Disability and Age
The Emergence of an Institutional Framework for Leisure
The UK's Contemporary Institutional Framework for Leisure
The Local State and Leisure Provision in the United Kingdom
Work and Leisure - Post Fordism and the Changing Nature of Work
Work and Leisure: the Leisure Society, Unemployment and Post-Work
Globalisation and Leisure: the Consumer Society
Globalisation and Leisure: McDisneyization and Post-Tourism
Socio-Economic and Cultural Approaches to Leisure
Participation and Constraint - Class and Gender
Participation and Constraint - Ethnicity, Disability and Age
The Emergence of an Institutional Framework for Leisure
The UK's Contemporary Institutional Framework for Leisure
The Local State and Leisure Provision in the United Kingdom
Work and Leisure - Post Fordism and the Changing Nature of Work
Work and Leisure: the Leisure Society, Unemployment and Post-Work
Globalisation and Leisure: the Consumer Society
Globalisation and Leisure: McDisneyization and Post-Tourism
Notă biografică
Shaun Best is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Manchester, and author of Understanding Social Divisions, (2005) and A Beginner¿s Guide to Social Theory (2003, both SAGE).
Descriere
A critical evaluation of the central debates within leisure studies, looking at both management theories and leisure management, as well as historical debates on key issues such as rational recreation, public service broadcasting and tourism.