Veal Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-97203-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Critical Leisure Studies

The idea of a ‘leisure society’ was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was predicted that the increases in prosperity and fall in working hours in Western societies in the 20th Century would continue. The fantasy of a life of ease for all has, of course, never materialised, but the theme remains significant, in our contemporary concerns with work-life balance and the environmental consequences of consumption. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Veal, A. J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Antecedents 1. Introduction: the elusive leisure society 2. The pre-history and history of the leisure society idea 3. Industrialisation, automation and the problem of work and leisure 4. Post-World War II: work-leisure relationships in the context of mass leisure 5. The post-industrial thesis and futurism Part 2: The leisure society idea 6. The leisure society as a sociological concept: the 1960s and 1970s 7. The 1980s: Unemployment and the ‘leisure ethic’ 8. Emergence of critics in the 1980s and 1990s 9. The 1990s and the Overworked American Part 3: Appraisal 10. The truth about work time and leisure time trends 11. Anatomy of the leisure society 12. The leisure society from the point of view of leisure studies and contemporary social theory 13. Models of change: where to from here?

Über Autor(innen)

A. J. Veal is Adjunct Professor in the Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and previously worked in the University of Birmingham and the then Polytechnic of North London. He is past president of the (UK) Leisure Studies Association and of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies and well known for his writing in the fields of leisure, sport and tourism, including co-authorship of The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective.