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Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen: A Critical Analysis of the Stability Discourse (China Policy Series)
by Peter Sandby-ThomasThe dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and has only been strengthened by the increasing number of protests in recent years. However, the Chinese Communist Party has continued to remain in power throughout this period and its rule appears to be secure in the short-to medium-term. As the twentieth anniversary of the military suppression of the pro-democracy demonstrations approaches, this book explains how the Chinese Communist Party has maintained its authority since 1989. It provides a detailed analysis of the Party’s discourse emphasising stability in the post-Tiananmen period, analysing the government’s propaganda in order to show how this discourse has been used by the Party to legitimate its authority. The interdisciplinary nature of this book makes it relevant to a number of different academic disciplines including Asian studies, China studies, international relations, politics and sociology.
Legitimation And Integration In Developing Societies: The Case Of India
by Reuven KahaneThis book focuses on general theoretical considerations important for the analysis of political legitimation and integration in diverse societies. It suggests a model of society in which conflicts are accentuated for integrative purposes.
Legitimation of Social Rights and the Western Welfare State: A Weberian Perspective
by Kathi V. FriedmanThis discerning and timely study revitalizes Weber's ideas, applying them to welfare state redistributions and synthesizing them with major issues in political science, law, public administration, social welfare policy, and philosophy. Friedman depicts both the emergence of the welfare state in Britain and the United States and the special problems of legitimizing social rights raised by the need for administration of those rights.Originally published in 1991.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Legitimizing Corporate Harm
by Jennifer L. SchallyThis book utilizes critical discourse analysis to illuminate the ways in which one of the largest agribusinesses in operation, Tyson Foods, disguises their actions whilst simultaneously presenting the image of a benign, good corporate citizen. Schally unveils how the discourses employed by Tyson gain legitimacy by drawing on and aligning with larger cultural discourses that are often taken for granted and not adequately scrutinised. This original research, situated at the intersection of green and cultural criminologies, contributes to these current perspectives as well as to the burgeoning social harm approach within criminology. A bold and engaging study, this book will be indispensable for students and scholars of green criminology, corporate crime, animals and society, and environmental sociology, as well as environmental and animal rights activists.
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination
by Jens Andersen“Absolutely essential reading for every LEGO fan.” —BlocksThe definitive history of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company’s archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the company"This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand." —Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of the LEGO Group and 3rd generation ownerIt’s estimated that each year between eighty and ninety million children around the globe are given a box of LEGO, while up to ten million adults buy sets for themselves. Yet LEGO is much more than a dizzying number of plastic bricks that can be put together and combined in countless ways. LEGO is also a vision of the significance of what play can mean for humanity.This book tells the extraordinary story of a global company and a Danish family who for ninety years have defended children’s right to play—and who believe grown-ups, too, should make the time to nurture their inner child. The LEGO Story is built on Jens Andersen’s unique access to LEGO’s own archives, as well as on Andersen’s extensive conversations with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former president and CEO of the LEGO group and grandson of its founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen.A riveting cultural history of changing generations’ views of childhood and the importance of play, The LEGO Story also a fascinating case study of how innovation and creativity helped leaders transform LEGO from a small carpentry business into the world’s largest producer of play materials and one of the most beloved brands in the world. Richly illustrated with never-before-seen photos from the family’s private archive, this is the ultimate book for fans of LEGO, revealing everything you ever wanted to know about the brand.
LEGO Studies: Examining the Building Blocks of a Transmedial Phenomenon
by Mark J. P. WolfSince the "Automatic Binding Bricks" that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO "System of Play" that began with the release of Town Plan No. 1 (1955), LEGO bricks have gone on to become a global phenomenon, and the favorite building toy of children, as well as many an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO). LEGO has also become a medium into which a wide number of media franchises, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman, Superman, Lord of the Rings, and others, have adapted their characters, vehicles, props, and settings. The LEGO Group itself has become a multimedia empire, including LEGO books, movies, television shows, video games, board games, comic books, theme parks, magazines, and even MMORPGs. LEGO Studies: Examining the Building Blocks of a Transmedial Phenomenon is the first collection to examine LEGO as both a medium into which other franchises can be adapted and a transmedial franchise of its own. Although each essay looks at a particular aspect of the LEGO phenomenon, topics such as adaptation, representation, paratexts, franchises, and interactivity intersect throughout these essays, proposing that the study of LEGO as a medium and a media empire is a rich vein barely touched upon in Media Studies.
Lehramtsstudium mit Migrationshintergrund: Einflussfaktoren auf die Studienfachentscheidung und den Studienverlauf
by Șeyma GülenWeshalb gibt es so wenige Lehrkräfte mit Migrationshintergrund an Schulen in Deutschland? Dieses Buch liefert anhand der Analyse des Studienwahlverhaltens und des Studienerfolges von Lehramtsstudierenden mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund Antworten auf diese Frage. Die empirischen Befunde - basierend auf den NEPS Daten - zeigen, dass die Ursachen der Unterrepräsentanz von Lehrkräften mit Migrationshintergrund stärker auf die Studienwahl als auf den Studienerfolg zurückzuführen sind. Studienberechtigte mit Migrationshintergrund zeichnen sich in ihrer Berufswahl durch Merkmale aus, die die Wahl eines Nicht-Lehramtsstudienganges begünstigen. Dazu zählen unter anderem eine hohe Aufstiegsorientierung sowie Risikobereitschaft und ein bilingualer Habitus. In ihrem Studienerfolg unterscheiden sich Lehramtsstudierende mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund hingegen nicht wesentlich voneinander. Die Autorin Șeyma Gülen hat am Institut für Soziologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen im Bereich der Migrations- und Bildungsforschung promoviert. Derzeit arbeitet sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Leibniz School of Education in Hannover.
Lehren und Lernen mit und in digitalen Medien im Sport: Grundlagen, Konzepte und Praxisbeispiele zur Sportlehrerbildung (Bildung und Sport #18)
by Dan MausolfDer Band beschäftigt sich mit zwei zentralen Themen, die sowohl pädagogisch, als auch gesellschaftlich und bildungspolitisch interessieren: Digitale Medien und Lehrerbildung. Beide Bereiche lassen eine medienbasierte Veränderung des universitären Lehrens und Lernens erkennen. Es werden hierzu relevante Grundlagen, Konzepte und Praxisbeispiele, speziell in der Sportlehrerbildung, vorgestellt. Sie bieten Lehrenden an der Hochschule Anregungen zur Implementierung digitaler Lehr-/Lernangebote in der eigenen Lehre, sowie einen Ausgangspunkt für eine didaktisch reflektierte Diskussion digitaler Medien in der Sportlehrerbildung.
LeiblICH sein: Zur Konstitution leiblich-räumlicher Identität aus neo-phänomenologischer Perspektive
by Anke BreitungKonstruktivistische Raumvorstellungen prägen in vielen Disziplinen die Beschäftigung mit räumlichen Dimensionen von Identitäten. Auch in der raumbezogenen Identitätsforschung dominiert eine dualistische Sichtweise, die den Körper vom Geist und den Menschen von seiner Umwelt trennt. Ortsbezogene, lokale und auch materielle Kontexte sowie die leiblichen, affektiven oder irrationalen Dimensionen unserer Erfahrungen werden außer Acht gelassen, die für Menschen zentral im Rahmen ihrer Identitätsarbeit sind. Aus diesem Grund plädiert Anke Breitung für einen holistischen Ansatz und macht dazu eine neo-phänomenologische Perspektive für die Identitätsforschung fruchtbar. Dabei werden die räumlichen Bezüge menschlicher Identitätsarbeit vom leiblichen Dasein des Menschen aus entworfen. So gelingt es ein radikal neues leiblich-räumlich-zentriertes Identitätsmodell zu entwerfen. Damit leistet die Autorin einen wichtigen Beitrag, um zu verstehen, wie die Ganzheit der sich durch uns aufspannenden Umwelt in komplexer und dynamischer Art und Weise auf die Konstruktion unseres Selbst reflexiv Einfluss nimmt.Die Autorin:Anke Breitung war als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in der Arbeitsgruppe Humangeographie der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt tätig. Ihre Schwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen (Neo-)Phänomenologie bzw. Raumphänomenologie, Medizinische Geographie, Raumbezogene Identitätsforschung sowie Stadtgeographie und Geographische Handelsforschung.
Leibliche Präsenz: Eine Soziologie holistischer Erfahrung (Beiträge zur Praxeologie / Contributions to Praxeology)
by Alexander AntonyIn welcher Hinsicht können körperlich-leibliche Erfahrungen als Teil sozialer Aktivitäten verstanden werden und wie kann man sie sozialwissenschaftlich untersuchen? Unter Rückgriff auf den klassischen Pragmatismus, insbesondere John Dewey, und soziologische Praxistheorien leistet Alexander Antony einen Beitrag zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen. Er entwickelt eine Soziologie leiblicher Praxis, welche Sozialtheorie, methodologische Reflexion und die Erforschung der Produktion ge- und erlebter Körperlichkeit miteinander verschränkt. Empirisch widmet sich das Buch aus einer diskursanalytischen und ethnographischen Perspektive der Praktik der Atemarbeit, einem „ganzheitlichen“ Therapie- und Selbsterfahrungsangebot. Die Atemarbeit zielt darauf, eine bewusst erlebte leibliche Selbstbezüglichkeit zu etablieren, um derart körperliches, psychisches und seelisch-spirituelles Wohlbefinden zu befördern. Auf unterschiedlichen Analyseebenen spürt der Autor der Frage nach, wie individuelles leibliches Erleben und die diskursive und soziomaterielle Produktion von Erfahrungssituationen zusammenspielen. Die zentrale Einsicht: Sozialität geht buchstäblich unter die Haut.Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.
Leistungsgewinn durch Unitarisierung: Entwicklungslinien des deutschen Föderalismus im Politikfeld Innere Sicherheit
by Luis IllanDas deutsche Politikfeld der Inneren Sicherheit unterliegt seit den 1990er Jahren einem erhöhten Anpassungs- und Optimierungsdruck. Bestehende Studien konstatieren dabei vor allem eine Tendenz zur Stärkung der Bundesebene sowie zur Einschränkung der Länderautonomie. Auf den ersten Blick liegt damit der Eindruck nahe, dass sich das ursprünglich länderautonom organisierte Politikfeld der Inneren Sicherheit auf einem Pfad zur Unitarisierung befindet, welcher häufig als eine dem deutschen Föderalismus inhärente Entwicklungslogik gesehen wird. Der politikwissenschaftliche Ertrag zur Thematik erweist sich bislang gleichwohl als defizitär. Um einen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis föderaler Systeme im Allgemeinen sowie des deutschen Sicherheitsföderalismus im Speziellen zu leisten, werden anhand ausgewählter Fallbeispiele aus den Bereichen Polizei, Verfassungsschutz und Kriminalpolitik die Entwicklungslinien des deutschen Föderalismus seit den 1990er Jahren analysiert. Im Zentrum stehen dabei folgende Fragestellungen: Inwiefern lässt sich für das Politikfeld Innere Sicherheit tatsächlich von einer Tendenz zur Unitarisierung sprechen? Worin liegen die Ursachen für diese Tendenz begründet? Welche Effekte ergeben sich hieraus für die Leistungsfähigkeit des deutschen Föderalismus im Bereich der Inneren Sicherheit?
Leisure: The Basis of Culture and The Philosophical Act
by Josef Pieper"One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial, today than it was when it first appeared more than fifty years ago. This special new edition now also includes his little work The Philosophical Act. Leisure is an attitude of the mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the reality of the world. Pieper shows that the Greeks and medieval Europeans, understood the great value and importance of leisure. He also points out that religion can be born only in leisure - a leisure that allows time for the contemplation of the nature of God. Leisure has been, and always will be, the first foundation of any culture. Pieper maintains that our bourgeois world of total labor has vanquished leisure, and issues a startling warning: Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for non-activity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture - and ourselves. "Pieper's message for us is plain. . . . The idolatry of the machine, the worship of mindless know-how, the infantile cult of youth and the common mind - all this points to our peculiar leadership in the drift toward the slave society. . . . Pieper's profound insights are impressive and even formidable. "- New York Times Book Review "Pieper has subjects involved in everyone's life; he has theses that are so counter to the prevailing trends as to be sensational; and he has a style that is memorably clear and direct. " - Chicago Tribune"
Leisure and Cultural Change in Israeli Society (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Society)
by Tali Hayosh Elie Cohen-Gewerc Gilad PadvaProviding an inclusive, yet multi-layered perspective on leisure cultures in dynamic hegemonic, subcultural, and countercultural communities, this volume investigates the disciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects of leisure studies in the age of mass migration, nationalism, cultural wars, and conflicted societies in Israel. The Israeli society struggles with complicated geopolitical, intercultural, economic and security conditions since the establishment of the State of Israel. Consequently, the emergent leisure cultures in Israel are vibrant, diversified, exuberant and multifaceted, oscillating between Western and Middle Eastern tendencies. The chapters in this edited volume reflect dramatic influences of globalization on Israeli traditions, on one hand, and emergent local practices that reflect a communal quest of originality and authenticity, on the other hand. This book opens up a critical perspective on the tension between contested leisure cultures which are interconnected with spatial and temporal changes and interchanges. Examining leisure as a part of social, interethnic, physical, gendered and sexual changes, the volume is a key text for scholars and students interested in leisure culture, Israeli society, education, cultural and media studies and the Middle East.
Leisure and Death: An Anthropological Tour of Risk, Death, and Dying
by Adam Kaul and Jonathan SkinnerThis anthropological study examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practices are used to meditate upon—and mediate—life. Considering travelers who seek enjoyment but encounter death and dying, tourists who accidentally face their own mortality while vacationing, those who intentionally seek out pleasure activities that pertain to mortality and risk, and those who use everyday leisure practices like social media or dogwalking to cope with death, Leisure and Death delves into one of the most provocative subsets of contemporary cultural anthropology. These nuanced and well-developed ethnographic case studies deal with different and distinct examples of the intertwining of leisure and death. They challenge established conceptions of leisure and rethink the associations attached to the prospect of death. Chapters testify to encounters with death on a personal and scholarly level, exploring, for example, the Cliffs of Moher as not only one of the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland but one of the most well-known suicide destinations as well, and the estimated 30 million active posthumous Facebook profiles being repurposed through proxy users and transformed by continued engagement with the living. From the respectful to the fascinated, from the macabre to the morbid, contributors consider how people deliberately, or unexpectedly, negotiate the borderlands of the living. An engaging, timely book that explores how spaces of death can be transformed into spaces of leisure, Leisure and Death makes a significant contribution to the burgeoning interdisciplinary literature on leisure studies and dark tourism. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and laypeople interested in tourism studies, death studies, cultural studies, heritage studies, anthropology, sociology, and marketing. Contributors: Kathleen M. Adams, Michael Arnold, Jane Desmond, Keith Egan, Maribeth Erb, James Fernandez, Martin Gibbs, Rachel Horner-Brackett, Shingo Iitaka, Tamara Kohn, Patrick Laviolette, Ruth McManus, James Meese, Bjorn Nansen, Stravoula Pipyrou, Hannah Rumble, Cyril Schafer
Leisure and Forced Migration: Lives Lived in Asylum Systems (Advances in Leisure Studies)
by Nicola De Martini UgolottiThis book offers a timely and critical exploration of leisure and forced migration from multiple disciplinary perspectives, spanning sociology, gender studies, migration studies and anthropology. It engages with perspectives and experiences that unsettle and oppose dehumanising and infantilising binaries surrounding forced migrants in contemporary society. The book presents cutting edge research addressing three inter-related themes: spaces and temporalities; displaced bodies and intersecting inequalities; voices, praxis and (self)representation. Drawing on and expanding critical leisure studies perspectives on class, gender, sexuality and race/ethnicity, the book spotlights leisure and how it can interrogate and challenge dominant narratives, practices and assumptions on forced migration and lives lived in asylum systems. Furthermore, it contributes to current debates on the scope, relevance and aims of leisure studies within the present, unfolding global scenario. This is an important resource for students and scholars across leisure, sport, gender, sociology, anthropology and migration studies. It is also a valuable read for practitioners, advocates and community organisers addressing issues of forced migration and sanctuary.
Leisure and Positive Psychology: Linking Activities With Positiveness
by Robert StebbinsLeisure has a central role to play in positive psychology. From a leisure studies perspective, this book looks at how positive interpersonal relationships and positive emotional and cognitive states and processes are expressed or realized in myriad leisure activities. These activities, Leisure and Positive Psychology shows, are highly appealing, thereby providing their own motivational push. The more complicated of them, the serious pursuits, are, in turn, rooted in surrounding social worlds of people, groups, organizations, services, and a unique history. A powerful personal and social identity, this book argues, typically follows from involvement in these activities. Stebbins provides an in-depth investigation into themes such as flow, fulfilment, altruism, well-being, and interpersonal relationships
Leisure and Power in Urban China: Everyday life in a Chinese city (Routledge Contemporary China Series)
by Unn Målfrid RolandsenLeisure and Power in Urban China is the first comprehensive study of leisure activities in a medium size Chinese city. Hitherto, studies of Chinese leisure have focused on holidays, festivals and tourism. This, however, is a study of the kinds of leisure that take place on regular workdays in a local environment of Quanzhou city. In doing so, Leisure and Power introduces leisure studies to China studies, and data from China to the field of Leisure studies. Based on interviews with people from all walks of life and case studies from bookshops, internet bars, Karaoke parlours, streets and public squares, Rolandsen brings to attention the importance of fun and socializing in the lives of Chinese urbanites. Central to the study is the contrast between popular practices and official discourse. Rolandsen provides in-depth analyses of the moralist "PRC leisure ethic" so characteristic of official Chinese publications and news media. Using examples from everyday life as a contrast, this study demonstrates that official propaganda has but little influence on how Chinese individuals lead their lives. Taking leisure as a point of departure, this book describes the new kinds of interaction between the local party-state and the population it seeks to govern. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Leisure Studies, Urban Studies and Asian Studies in general.
Leisure and the Changing City 1870 - 1914 (Routledge Revivals)
by Helen MellerBy the late nineteenth century, the city had become the dominant social environment of Britain, with the majority of the population living in large cities, often with over 100, 000 inhabitants. The central concern of this book, first published in 1976, is to assess how successful the late Victorians were in creating a stimulating social environment whilst these developing cities were being transformed into modern industrial and commercial centres. Using Bristol as a case study, Helen Meller analyses the new relationships brought about by mass urbanisation, between city and citizen, environment and society. The book considers a variety of important features of the Victorian city, in particular the development of the main cultural institutions, the provision of leisure facilities by voluntary societies and the expansion of activities such as music, sport and commercial entertainment. Comparative examples are drawn from other cities, which illustrate the common social and cultural values of an urbanised nation. This is a very interesting title, of great relevance to students and academics of town planning, Victorian society, and the history and development of the modern city.
Leisure and the Motive to Volunteer: Theories Of Serious, Casual, And Project-based Leisure
by Robert A. StebbinsVolunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being referred to as "unpaid (productive) work". This economic definition has been around far longer than that of volunteering conceived of as leisure, which is discussed as the volitional definition. By means of a lengthy literature review, this book sets out the theoretical and empirical contributions of the serious leisure perspective to understanding volunteer motivation. This second approach began more than 40 years ago. It answers the key motivational question of why people engage in unpaid productive work, laborious or not. Since in this conception payment in cash or in kind is not an incentive to perform such work, what encourages people to volunteer? The serious leisure perspective, unlike mainstream economics, can shed considerable light on this question.
Leisure and Tourism Landscapes: Social and Cultural Geographies (Routledge Advances in Tourism #No.9)
by Cara Aitchison Nicola E. MacLeod Nicola E Macleod Stephen J. ShawIncreasingly significant as mediators of spatial identity and meaning, leisure, tourism, culture and heritage are only now beginning to be located within the rapidly evolving discourses of poststructuralist geographies. Exploring the influence of leisure and tourism on the production, representation and consumption of landscape, the first half of this important book focuses on different ways of ‘seeing’ or representing landscape, whereas the second half examines different forms of productive consumption in leisure and tourism. Both symbolic and material spaces of leisure and tourism are also examined in relation to urban and rural landscapes, heritage landscapes, gendered landscapes, and landscapes of sexuality and desire. With a multidisciplinary approach and a strong theoretical content which builds on poststructuralist theories, this is undoubtedly an important addition to literature in the field.
Leisure and Urban Processes: Critical Studies of Leisure Policy in Western European Cities (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies #4)
by Peter Bramham Ian Henry Hans Mommaas Hugo van der PoelFirst 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 the economic regeneration of cities, leisure as a vehicle of community development and of social integration, and the role of leisure in the development of socialist municipal policy programmes. This book should be of interest to policy makers in local government, lecturers and students of development, tourism, economics, and urban studies.
Leisure As Transformation
by Christopher R. Edginton Peter ChenHow does leisure promote, facilitate and enable change? Blending Eastern and Western perspectives, this book presents insight as to how leisure can be an optimal medium for change.
The Leisure Commons: A Spatial History of Web 2.0 (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society #27)
by Payal AroraThere is much excitement about Web 2.0 as an unprecedented, novel, community-building space for experiencing, producing, and consuming leisure, particularly through social network sites. What is needed is a perspective that is invested in neither a utopian or dystopian posture but sees historical continuity to this cyberleisure geography. This book investigates the digital public sphere by drawing parallels to another leisure space that shares its rhetoric of being open, democratic, and free for all: the urban park. It makes the case that the history and politics of public parks as an urban commons provides fresh insight into contemporary debates on corporatization, democratization and privatization of the digital commons. This book takes the reader on a metaphorical journey through multiple forms of public parks such as Protest Parks, Walled Gardens, Corporate Parks, Fantasy Parks, and Global Parks, addressing issues such as virtual activism, online privacy/surveillance, digital labor, branding, and globalization of digital networks. Ranging from the 19th century British factory garden to Tokyo Disneyland, this book offers numerous spatial metaphors to bring to life aspects of new media spaces. Readers looking for an interdisciplinary, historical and spatial approach to staid Web 2.0 discourses will undoubtedly benefit from this text.
Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts (Global Culture and Sport Series)
by Philipp Strobl Aneta PodkalickaThis edited volume offers an historical perspective on the creation of a global mass industry around skiing. By focusing on the ski resort as loci par excellence for global exchange, the contributors consider the development of skiing around the world during the crucial post-war years. With its global lens, Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts highlights both commonalities and differences between countries. Experts across various fields of research cover developments across the ski-able world, from Europe, Asia and America to Australia. Attention to media and material cultures reveals an insight into global fashions, consumption and ski cultures, and the impact of mainstream media in the 1960s and 1970s. This global and interdisciplinary approach will appeal to history, sociology, cultural and media research scholars interested in a cultural history of skiing, as well as those with more broad interests in globalization, consumption research, and knowledge transfer.
Leisure Education: Theory and Practice
by Jean MundyLeisure Education presents a thought-provoking overview of leisure education-from philosophical considerations in leisure education theory to models and units that can be implemented in leisure education classes. The book provides practical information for individuals working with recreation and park agencies, therapeutic recreation facilities, correctional facilities, and ageing individuals.