Leisure studies : prospects for the twenty-first century / edited by Edgar L. Jackson and Thomas L. Burton.
| Imprint: | State College, Pa. : Venture Pub., c1999. |
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| ISBN: | 1892132036 |
| Call number: | GV14.45 .L47 1999 |
| Description: | xxiv, 559 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Subject: |
Leisure -- Social aspects -- Readings -- Readings.
Recreation -- Social aspects -- Readings. Leisure -- Philosophy -- Readings. Recreation -- Philosophy -- Readings. Leisure -- Readings. Recreation -- Readings. |
| Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: | Some philosophical aspects of leisure theory -- The western idea of work & leisure: traditions, transormations, & the future -- Motivational foundations of leisure -- Leisure & society: a dialectical analysis -- Serious leisure -- Deviant leisure: the dark side of free-time activity -- Understanding tourism -- Epistemological & methodological issues in leisure research -- Leisure behaviors & styles: social, economic, & cultural factors -- Work & leisure -- Makers of meanings: feminist perspectives on leisure research -- Spatial analysis of leisure & recreation -- Recreation & conservation: issues & prospects -- Leisure experience & satisfaction -- Life span & life course perspectives on leisure -- Gender & leisure -- Ethnicity, race, & leisure -- Constraints to leisure -- Crowding & carrying capacity in outdoor recreation: from normative standards to standards of quality -- Conflict & the recreational experience -- Concepts & uses of the benefits approach to leisure -- Back to the future: leisure services & the reemergence of the enabling authority of the state -- Forecasting leisure & recreation -- Changing boundaries & new management implications for leisure organizations -- Marketing public leisure services -- Institutional & organizational challenges to managing natural resources for recreation: a social learning model -- Inclusion & leisure service delivery -- Leisure theory in the information age -- Reflections on recreation, park, & leisure studies -- Critique & emancipation: toward a critical theory of leisure -- Leisure sciences & leisure studies: the challenge of meaning -- Recognizing & celebrating progress in leisure studies. |
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