Sport in the city
The role of sport in economic and social regeneration
How can sport be used to regenerate urban economies? Can sport be used effectively in re-imaging declining cities? Sport has become a major industry as well as major cultural preoccupation…
The politics of leisure policy (public policy and politics)
The last two decades have seen an explosion in leisure activities and leisure provision in Britain and major changes in its form and nature. This book provides a systematic account…
Management & planning in the leisure industries
The leisure industries incorporate a wide range of fast-gowing services, from major tourist attractions appealing to an international market, to local community sports provisions. The problems faced by managers and…
Discourses of olympism
From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012
Most of what has been written in relation to the modern Olympic movement has focused on the Games or more recently on the failings (both in terms of ethics and…
Leisure studies
The journal of the leisure studies association
Leisure Studies publishes articles of a high standard on all aspects of leisure studies and from a variety of disciplinary bases, including sociology, psychology, human geography, planning, economics, etc. Shorter…
Leisure and urban processes
Critical studies of leisure policy in western European cities
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
Methods and traditions
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…