This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship.
This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social wor...
First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts and academics from six European Community states: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The emergence of leisure as a significant area of public policy in both developed and developing economies has been recognised only relatively recently, and this book was the first to deal with urban leisure policy in a European context.
Common themes in this study include the use of tourism as a strategic tool for...
First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts...
