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This new volume is now available from LSA Publications.

 

Leisure Studies: Trends in Theory and Research

LSA Publication No. 77
eds. Lesley Lawrence and Stan R. Parker

ISBN 0 906337 88 7; paperback, 212 pp

Non member ~ £26 (+p/p)
LSA Corporate (institutional) member ~ £22 (+p/p
LSA Individual (private) member ~ £18 (+p/p

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Other volumes in this series:
76 Sport Tourism: Principles and Practice
78 Partnerships in Leisure: Sport, Tourism and Management
79 Leisure Cultures: Investigations in Sport, Media and Technology


LSA No. 77 Contents

Editors' Introduction  . . .   Stan Parker and Lesley Lawrence

I   Reflections

  • Back to the Future: Leisure Studies in Retrospect and Prospect  
    . . .   Chas Critcher
  • Which Way for Leisure?  
    . . .   Stan Parker
  • Leisure Studies: Discourses of Knowledge, Power and Theoretical 'Crisis'  
    . . .   Cara Aitchison
  • Leisure Studies at the Millennium: Intellectual Crisis or Mature Complacency?  
    . . .   A. J. Veal

II   Under-represented Groups

  • Retirement and Serious Leisure  
    . . .   Jonathan Long and Sheila Scraton
  • The Big OE: New Zealanders' Overseas Experience in Britain  
    . . .   Peter Mason
  • Transgender Youth: Challenging Traditional 'Girl-boy' Activities ~ Implications of an Exploratory Study  
    . . .   Arnold H. Grossman, Timothy S. O'Connell and Anthony R. D'Augelli

III   Applications and Approaches

  • The Demand for Professional Team Sports: Critical Reflection on Economic Enquiry  
    . . .   Paul Downward
  • Continuity, Truth and Lies in Topical Life Histories: the Sport and Physical Activity Experiences of Adults  
    . . .   Lindsay King
  • Perceptions, Pedagogy and Process: An Investigation into the Effects on Students and Staff of the Provision of a Module in Leisure Studies Underpinned by Feminist Theories  
    . . .   Barbara Humberstone and Laura Kirby
  • Riding the Slipstream: An Experience with Multidisciplinary Working Partnerships  
    . . .   Lynne M. Robinson, Laurene Rehman and Joanne MacQueen