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Understanding Leisure
First published in 1989. Understanding Leisure is a readable 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 futures, leisure and social theory. A collaborative work of six authors, Understanding Leisure is a textbook which introduces the reader to the interrelated dimensions of leisure in contemporary society and aims to provide them with guidelines for further study. Exercises and discussion topics are included at the end of each chapter to enable the reader to apply general theory to particular examples. The text contains seven chapters covering all aspects...
The Shopping Experience
This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and consumption. It also contains an appendix which gives a brief history and selected literature of shopping.
Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies
This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies. It offers important new insights into the dynamics of the transformation of leisure in contemporary societies, tracing the emergent issues at stake in the discipline and examining Leisure Studies’ fundamental connections with cognate disciplines such as Sociology, Cultural Studies, History, Sport Studies and Tourism. This book contains original work from key scholars across the globe, including those working outside the Leisure Studies mainstream. It showcases the state of the art of contemporary Leisur...
Tourism: How Effective Management Makes the Difference
Tourism: How effective management makes the difference builds tourism's components and impacts into a total framework showing how it should be made subject to an overall planning and management process. This is an essential guide which also explains effective management in relation to current trends in tourism. It incorporates extensive coverage of the characteristics of tourism, making it ideally suited for those studying tourism, travel and business studies. Individual managers and policy decision makers will also find that this book addresses vital management issues and provides practical help. It covers both public and private sectors and shows how they can be brought together as a cohes...
Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
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.
The Politics of Leisure Policy
Providing a comprehensive account of the major issues in relation to sports, arts and recreational policy in the 1990s, the book traces the relationship between local and central government and private provision, and the political ideologies which have shaped it, particularly of the New Right.
Leisure and the Environment
'With more free time available for many members of society and more resources devoted to leisure spending, the growth of urban and rural leisure has been a significant feature of recent social change.' The importance of an environmental perspective on leisure cannot be ignored. This comprehensive introduction gives a clear and concise examination of the relationship between urban and rural leisure, and confronts the key issues for the 1990s. At the end of each chapter there are useful revision questions and practical exercises, and the final chapter illustrates the issues tackled in the book with real-life examples taken from the leisure industry, including: *growth of major retail centres *agricultural change and the rural leisure environment *visitor pressures in the Lake District * leisure developments and city image *football clubs under pressure. John Spink is Senior Lecturer in Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Cultural and Educational Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. Comprehensive introductory analysis of contemporary leisure in urban and rural contexts Real life examples and student activities Up-to-date coverage
John Stott
For those familiar with Stott, this bibliography is a treasured map of his active life as a leader, writer and expositor of Scripture. For historians of modern Christianity, it is a sine qua non for tracing the contribution of a leading figure in the transatlantic and worldwide movement of evangelicalism.
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