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Author:   Samuel Cameron
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9780857935243

ISBN 10:   0857935240
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction 1. Overview of the Economics of Leisure Samuel Cameron PART I: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF LEISURE 2. On Economics, Leisure and Much More Alessandro Balestrino 3. Towards a Bourdieusian Economics of Leisure Andrew B. Trigg 4. Leisure and Subjective Well-being Victoria Ateca-Amestoy PART II: WORK/LEISURE BALANCE 5. The Economics of Sleep and Boredom Samuel Cameron 6. Half Full or Half Empty: The Economics of Work-Life Balance Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox 7. Working from Home: Leisure Gain or Leisure Loss? Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox 8. Contradictions of Capitalism in Health and Fitness Leisure Simeon Scott PART III: PEOPLE AND PLACES AS LEISURE 9. Dating as Leisure Veronique Flambard, Nicolas Vaillant and Francois-Charles Wolff 10. Home Improvements Peter E. Earl and Ti-Ching Peng 11. Reconsidering the Silk Road: Tourism in the Context of Regionalism and Trade Patterns Karen Jackson PART IV: SPECTATING AND EVENTS 12. Leisure Tribe-onomics Darragh O'Reilly 13. The Significance of Commercial Music Festivals Gretchen Larsen and Stephanie Hussels 14. The Rise and Decline of Drive-in Cinemas in the United States Mark Fox and Grant Black 15. Entertainment and Economic Contributions of the Indian Hindi Movie Industry Rajesh K. Pillania and Subhojit Banerjee 16. Leisure Time, Cinema and the Structure of Household Entertainment Expenditure, 1890-1940 Gerben Bakker 17. Long-run Trends and Factors in Attendance Patterns in Sport: Australian Football League, 1945-2009 Liam J.A. Lenten 18. The Changing Demands of Leisure Time: The Emergence of Twenty20 Cricket David Paton and Andrew Cooke PART V: DIVERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS 19. The Economics of the Video-gaming Leisure Market Joe Cox 20. Competitive Forces in the US Recreational Vehicle Industry Mark Fox, Lane David and Grant Black 21. Magazines Gillian Doyle 22. The Impact of New Technology on Leisure Networks Vincent G. Fitzsimons 23. Girls Just Want to Have Fun? Internet Leisure and Women's Empowerment in Jordan Deborah L. Wheeler and Lauren Mintz 24. Sexual Leisure Markets Alan Collins Index

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Edited by Samuel Cameron, formerly Professor of Economics, University of Bradford, UK

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