| Description |
xiv, 266 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- About the Contributors -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1. National Leisure Participation Surveys: An Overview, Grant Cushman, A.J. Veal and Jiri Zuzanek -- 2. Australia, S. Darcy and A.J. Veal -- 3. Canada, Jiri Zuzanek -- 4. France, Nicole Samuel -- 5. Germany, Walter Tokarski and Harald Michels -- 6. Great Britain, Chris Gratton -- 7. Hong Kong, Atara Sivan and Bob Robertson -- 8. Israel, Hillel Ruskin and Atara Sivan -- 9. Japan, Munehiko Harada -- 10. New Zealand, Allan Laidler and Grant Cushman -- 11. Poland, Bohdan Jung -- 12. Spain, Concepcion Maiztegui-Onate -- 13. United States of America, H.K. Cordell, B.L. McDonald, B. Lewis, M. Miles, J. Martin and J. Bason -- 14. Cross-national Leisure Participation Research: A Future, Grant Cushman, A.J. Veal and Jiri Zuzanek -- Index |
| Summary |
The social, cultural and economic significance of leisure is increasing around the world. Watching television, reading, socializing with friends and family, playing sport, attending entertainment, arts and sporting events, and visiting the coast, the countryside, historic sites, museums, galleries and exhibitions are important aspects of modern life, and providing for these activities is an increasingly significant feature of modern economies. In most developed countries nationwide surveys are conducted periodically to assess levels of participation in leisure activities. This book brings together the results of such surveys from thirteen different countries, namely: Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the USA. While the surveys vary enormously in scope, methodology, scale and timing, making it difficult to compare leisure patterns directly, they nevertheless indicate some marked similarities in leisure participation in industrial societies in the 'global village' |
| Analysis |
Leisure |
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National |
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Participation |
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Survey |
| Notes |
"A project of the World Leisure and Recreation Association Commission on Research" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Leisure -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Leisure.
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Recreation -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Recreation.
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Recreational surveys.
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| Author |
Cushman, Grant.
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Veal, Anthony James.
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Zuzanek, Jiri.
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World Leisure and Recreation Association. Commission on Research.
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| LC no. |
97139641 |
| ISBN |
0851989756 |
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