Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?

Informationen zum Autor A. J. Veal is Adjunct Professor in the Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is past President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) and former Chair of the Leisure Studies Association (UK). Klappentext This critical and empirically-rich book documents and analyses the rise and fall of the leisure society idea, examines its role in the study of leisure, and assesses its relevance to the challenges facing global society in the 21st Century. Zusammenfassung This critical and empirically-rich book documents and analyses the rise and fall of the leisure society idea, examines its role in the study of leisure, and assesses its relevance to the challenges facing global society in the 21st Century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introduction, 1. Introduction: the elusive leisure society, 2. About work, leisure, non-work time and the leisure society, Part II: Pre-history and History, 3. The leisure society: pre-history, history, utopia, 4. Industrialisation, automation and the problem of work, rest and leisure: 1918-1939, 5. Work-leisure relationships and mass leisure: 1945-1959, 6. Futurism, post-industrialism and the leisure society, 7. The leisure society idea: 1960-1979, 8. Unemployment, the leisure ethic and the end of work: 1980-1999, Part III: Analysis, 9. Economics, work and leisure and the leisure society, 10. The leisure society’s critics, Part IV: The 21st Century, 11. Work-reduced futures for the 21st century, 12. The struggle for time. What next?

Product details

• Authors: A. J. Veal, A. J. (University of Technology Veal, A.J. Veal, Veal A. J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138289642
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28964-2
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Routledge Critical Leisure Studies; Routledge Critical Leisure Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure