Free Time and Leisure Participation: International Perspectives (Cabi) - Softcover

G Cushman; A J Veal; J Zuzanek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845934539 ISBN 13: 9781845934538

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

As the pace of life increases and the effects of globalisation invade more and more areas of everyday life, free time becomes an increasingly precious resource. For those who are experiencing a shortage of free time - a 'time squeeze' - and for the growing numbers looking forward to abundant free time in retirement, leisure has never been more vital for ensuring individual and social health and wellbeing and the enhancement of social capital and the quality of life. This book is an expanded and updated edition of a previous work entitled 'World Leisure Participation: Free Time in the Global Village', by the same editors (CABI, 1996). It brings together the results of national leisure participation surveys from around the world. In addition to updating chapters to include the latest surveys from around the world. In addition to updating chapters to include the latest surveys, the book includes increased coverage of time-budget surveys and new themes such as public policy dimensions. The following countries, three of which were not included in the earlier volume, are included: Australia; Canada; Finland; France; Germany; Great Britain; Hong Kong; Israel; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Poland; Russia; Spain; USA. This book was first published as a hardback in 2005.

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About the Author

is Adjunct Professor in the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism in the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and worked previously in the universities of Birmingham and North London. He is past president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) and of the UK Leisure Studies Association. His is author or joint author/ editor of a number of books, including: Leisure, Sport and Tourism, Politic, Policy and Planning (3rd edn, CABI, 2010); The Olympic Games; A Social Science Perspective (2nd edn, CABI, 2007); A Handbook of Leisure Studies (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006); Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism (3rd edn, FT/Prentice Hall, 2006); Free Time and Leisure Participation: International Perspectives (2nd edn, CABI, 2005); Australian Leisure (3rd edn, Longman, 2006); and Work and Leisure (Routledge, 2004); .

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845934539
• ISBN 13: 9781845934538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320