Understanding Leisure
Understanding Leisure

Author: Les Haywood

Publisher: Nelson Thornes

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780748720590

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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

Published: 1992-07-01

Total Pages: 3458

ISBN-13: 0429512430

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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

Published: 2019-04-25

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 0429638795

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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.

Freedom to Be
Freedom to Be

Author: John R. Kelly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-25

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0429515596

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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:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780429025785

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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.

Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 3444

ISBN-13: 9780367110369

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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

Published: 2022-07-30

Total Pages: 2424

ISBN-13: 1317679490

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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.

Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning
Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-23

Total Pages: 6124

ISBN-13: 135102213X

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The volumes in this set, originally published between 1970 and 1998, draw together research by leading academics in the area of urban planning, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine teaching, urban markets, planning, transport planning, poverty, politics, forecasting techniques and an examination of the inner city in Europe and the US, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of planning. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, geography, planning and urbanization respectively.