Leisure Studies

Shaun Best is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Manchester, and author of Understanding Social Divisions, (2005) and A Beginner′s Guide to Social Theory (2003, both SAGE).

′Drawing upon the best traditions of British and North American Leisure Studies, Shaun Best provides a synthesis of relevant social theory, presents thought provoking inquiry-driven examples and invites students to acquire a better understanding of leisure in today′s world′ - Professor David Botterill, University of Wales

• What is the Leisure Experience?Socio-Economic and Cultural Approaches to LeisureParticipation and Constraint - Class and GenderParticipation and Constraint - Ethnicity, Disability and Age The Emergence of an Institutional Framework for LeisureThe UK′s Contemporary Institutional Framework for LeisureThe Local State and Leisure Provision in the United KingdomWork and Leisure - Post Fordism and the Changing Nature of WorkWork and Leisure: the Leisure Society, Unemployment and Post-Work Globalisation and Leisure: the Consumer SocietyGlobalisation and Leisure: McDisneyization and Post-Tourism