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Zusatztext 'essential not only because of its attempt to set an agenda for the area of study! but because of the wide ranging! high quality contributions! which can be used in their own right' - Geoff Nichols! Leisure Studies 'should prove invaluable for students as they have to come to terms with complex fields of study...' - Peter Bramham! Sociology Informationen zum Autor CHRIS BARKER Associate Professor, Department of Communications and Cultural Studies, University of Woolongong, AustraliaKUMKUM BHATTACHARYA Professor, Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati University, IndiaSUSAN BIRRELL Professor, Departments of Health and Sports Studies, Women's Studies and American Studies, University of Iowa, USAGARRY CHICK Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, USAFRED COALTER Professor of Sports Policy, Centre for Sports Research, University of Stirling, UKDANIEL THOMAS COOK Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and Communications, University of Illinois, USACHAS CRITCHER Professor of Communications and Head of the Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UKDAVID CROUCH Professor of Cultural Geography, Tourism and Leisure, and Director of The Culture, Lifestyle and Landscape Research Centre, University of Derby, UKJOANNE FINKELSTEIN Executive Dean and Professor, Faculty of Arts, Education, Human Development, Victoria University, AustraliaADRIAN FRANKLIN Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, AustraliaVALERIA J. FREYSINGER Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USAYVONNE HARAHOUSOU Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, GreeceMAUREEN HARRINGTON Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, AustraliaDAVID HARRIS Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Physical Education and Leisure, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UKOTHELLO HARRIS Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USALAWRENCE HAWORTH Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaKARLA A. HENDERSON Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, USABENJAMIN K. HUNNICUTT Professor, Department of Leisure Studies, University of Iowa, USAJOHN M. JENKINS Associate Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Newcastle, AustraliaCHRIS JENKS Professor of Sociology and Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University, London UKDOUGLAS A. KLEIBER Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Georgia, USAROB LYNCH Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Sydney, AustraliaROGER C. MANNELL Psychologist and Professor of Leisure Studies, Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaALISON PEDLAR Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaJOHN J. PIGRAM Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Water Policy Research, University of New England, AustraliaDAVID ROWE Director and Professor,Centre for Cultural Research, University of Newcastle, AustraliaJULIET B. SCHOR Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston College, USAATARA SIVAN Professor, Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongMARIANNE STAEMPFLI Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, CanadaROBERT A. STEBBINS Faculty Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, USADEBORAH STEVENSON Associate Professor and Director of the Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, University of Newcastle, AustraliaHUGO VAN DER POEL Educat...