Leisure studies : themes and perspectives /
Best, Shaun,
Leisure studies : themes and perspectives / Shaun Best. - 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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 - McDisneyisation and Post-tourism -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
1412903858 9781412903851 1412903866 9781412903868
2008939388
Leisure--Sociological aspects
Recreation--Sociological aspects
GV14.45 / .B47 2010
306.4812
Leisure studies : themes and perspectives / Shaun Best. - 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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 - McDisneyisation and Post-tourism -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
1412903858 9781412903851 1412903866 9781412903868
2008939388
Leisure--Sociological aspects
Recreation--Sociological aspects
GV14.45 / .B47 2010
306.4812