Understanding Leisure

Understanding Leisure
Author: Les Haywood
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780748720590

This book covers all the key aspects of leisure theory, policy and practice. Coverage includes leisure concepts and the dimensions of leisure, its activity forms, participants, provision, leisure and social theory and the future of leisure. Exercises and discussion topics are included at the end of each chapter to enable the reader to apply theory to examples. Excellent guides to further reading are also included.

Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies

Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
Author: Various
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 3458
Release: 1992-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429512430

This set of 12 volumes, originally published between 1938 and 2001, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on Leisure Studies, including works on young people and leisure, the family, and political influence on the leisure industry. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of sociology and leisure studies.

Leisure and the Family Life Cycle

Leisure and the Family Life Cycle
Author: Rhona Rapoport
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429638795

This volume, first published in 1975 with a new introduction by Ziona Strelitz, marked a pioneering contribution to family and leisure studies. The study includes empirical material collected in the form of biographical case studies. The case studies are not only rich in detail and well presented, but they provide a meaning of leisure within the pattern of life of the individuals studied. This book will be of great interest to students of leisure and family studies.

Exploring Sport & Leisure Disasters

Exploring Sport & Leisure Disasters
Author: Hazel Hartley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2001-09-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135339244

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Freedom to Be

Freedom to Be
Author: John R. Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429515596

First published in 1987. Following an introductory chapter on the nature of theory and the outline of the book, there are eight chapters on the explanatory approaches, or models, employed in this dialectical analysis of the leisure industry. These models focus on particular elements of leisure: experience, decision, development, identities, interaction, institutions, political forces, and human definitions. With a new preface to the re-issue by the author, this title will be of great interest to students of Sociology and Leisure Studies.

The Problem of Leisure

The Problem of Leisure
Author: Henry Durant
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN: 9780429025785

First published in 1938. This study examines various aspects of leisure in the early twentieth century. The author observes the differences in leisure between the various echelons of society, as well as the differences of leisure amongst children and adults. Durant also explores in depth several modes of leisure, including the cinema, sport, and gambling. This title will be of interest to students of history, sociology, and leisure studies.

Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (RLE Sports Studies)

Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (RLE Sports Studies)
Author: John Horne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1317678710

When this book was first published the study of sport had been largely neglected by sociologists. The contributions to this volume bring the sports field, the leisure centre and everyday leisure activities to a more central position within the sociological enterprise. Whether amateur or professional, sport contributes to wider relations of power, privilege and domination and this debate represents an important phase in the sociology of sport and leisure.

Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies

Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3444
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780367110369

This set of 12 volumes, originally published between 1938 and 2001, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on Leisure Studies, including works on young people and leisure, the family, and political influence on the leisure industry. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of sociology and leisure studies.

Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies

Routledge Library Editions: Sports Studies
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 2424
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1317679490

This set examines sport and leisure from a social science viewpoint. The volumes included, originally published between 1984 and 1991 take a cross-disciplinary approach to explore the social, political and cultural roles of sport in today's society. They cover issues as diverse as inequality, nationalism, gender, and commercialisation and engage with a range of academic disciplines including cultural studies, history, politics and sociology.