Leisure Studies: Themes and Perspectives / Edition 1

by Shaun Best

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412903868
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/25/2009
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

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: Mc Disneyization and Post-Tourism

Editorial Reviews

'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

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