Sports development
Sports development is an important emerging field of academic study with a distinct contribution to make to wider social, cultural, economic and education policies and practices. The book provides a…
Sociology of leisure
This book is a part of most leisure and recreation management degree and leisure studies BTEC courses. To meet the needs of the students on these courses, the editors have…
Understanding leisure
This book is an introductory analysis of the key elements in the study of leisure. This includes leisure concepts and dimensions of leisure, its activity forms, participants, provision, and leisure…
The new politics of leisure and pleasure
This book explores the new politics of leisure and pleasure in relation to a range of popular activities. Current generations in Western societies are essentially recipients of the changes that…
Leisure and urban processes
This book deals with urban leisure policy in a European context. The book consists of three sections. The first incorporates chapters relating to the politics of the state and the…
Leisure policies in Europe
This book contains a series of nine nation-state based accounts of leisure policy, and seeks to develop in its editorial introduction and conclusion, an analysis of major national and transnational…
Leisure research in Europe
Er bestaat een groeiende aandacht voor vergelijkend onderzoek in vrijetijdsstudies en in cross-nationale manieren om dergelijk onderzoek te verrichten. In Europa in het bijzonder is erkend dat de verschillende academische…
Leisure
Een vijftal onderzoekers gaan in op de ontwikkeling van het gegeven vrije tijd in de jaren negentig. Ingegaan wordt o.a. op het verschijnsel recreatief winkelen, therapeutische vormen van recreatie in…