About the Book
This handbook addresses the history, organization and central debates in the field of leisure studies. More than 30 chapters from leading international scholars are presented in 5 clearly defined parts. These examine the origins of leisure studies; review and evaluate the contributions and approaches to leisure studies of key social science disciplines; provide a guide to core questions in the organization of leisure that recur in the literature; consider locations and forms of leisure; and consider the key themes that run through debates as the subject has matured in a central part of the social science canon. Critically summing up the achievements of the field and providing an agenda for future debate and research, it offers an invaluable resource for students, scholars and lecturers.
About the Author: CHRIS BARKER Associate Professor, Department of Communications and Cultural Studies, University of Woolongong, Australia KUMKUM BHATTACHARYA Professor, Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati University, India SUSAN BIRRELL Professor, Departments of Health and Sports Studies, Women's Studies and American Studies, University of Iowa, USA GARRY CHICK Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, USA FRED COALTER Professor of Sports Policy, Centre for Sports Research, University of Stirling, UK DANIEL THOMAS COOK Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and Communications, University of Illinois, USA CHAS CRITCHER Professor of Communications and Head of the Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK DAVID CROUCH Professor of Cultural Geography, Tourism and Leisure, and Director of The Culture, Lifestyle and Landscape Research Centre, University of Derby, UK JOANNE FINKELSTEIN Executive Dean and Professor, Faculty of Arts, Education, Human Development, Victoria University, Australia ADRIAN FRANKLIN Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Australia VALERIA J. FREYSINGER Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USA YVONNE HARAHOUSOU Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece MAUREEN HARRINGTON Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, Australia DAVID HARRIS Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Physical Education and Leisure, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK OTHELLO HARRIS Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USA LAWRENCE HAWORTH Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada KARLA A. HENDERSON Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, USA BENJAMIN K. HUNNICUTT Professor, Department of Leisure Studies, University of Iowa, USA JOHN M. JENKINS Associate Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia CHRIS JENKS Professor of Sociology and Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University, London UK DOUGLAS A. KLEIBER Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Georgia, USA ROB LYNCH Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Sydney, Australia ROGER C. MANNELL Psychologist and Professor of Leisure Studies, Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ALISON PEDLAR Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada JOHN J. PIGRAM Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Water Policy Research, University of New England, Australia DAVID ROWE Director and Professor, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Newcastle, Australia JULIET B. SCHOR Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston College, USA ATARA SIVAN Professor, Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong MARIANNE STAEMPFLI Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, Canada ROBERT A. STEBBINS Faculty Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, USA DEBORAH STEVENSON Associate Professor and Director of the Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia HUGO VAN DER POEL Educational Director, Department of Social-Cultural Sciences, Tilberg University, The Netherlands JIRI ZUZANEK Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
