COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 --;WHAT IS THE LEISURE EXPERIENCE?; 2 --;SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO LEISURE; 3 --;PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRAINT --;CLASS AND GENDER; 4 --;PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRAINT --;ETHNICITY, DISABILITY AND AGE; 5 --;THE EMERGENCE OF AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LEISURE; 6 --;THE UK'S CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LEISURE; 7 --;THE LOCAL STATE AND LEISURE PROVISION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; 8 --;WORK AND LEISURE --;POST-FORDISM AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK; 9 --;WORK AND LEISURE --;THE LEISURE SOCIETY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND POST-WORK.
A critical evaluation of the central debates within leisure studies, looking at both management theories and leisure management, as well as historical debates on key issues such as rational recreation, public service broadcasting and tourism.