Overview

This title is an expanded and updated edition of a previous work entitled ""World Leisure Participation: Free Time in the Global Village"", by the same authors (CABI, 1996). It brings together the results of national leisure participaiton surveys from around the world. In addition to updating chapters include the latest surveys, the book includes: increased coverage of time-budget surveys; additional themes such as public policy dimensions; and additional countries including Finland, Netherlands and Russia.

Full Product Details

9780851996202

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

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); .

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available