The Politics of leisure policy / Ian P. Henry

By:

Henry, Ian P

Series: Public policy and politicsPublication details: London : Macmillan, 1993Description: XVII, 235 pISBN:

033347385X

Summary: The last two decades have seen an explosion in leisure activities and leisure provision in Britain and major changes in its form and nature. The Politics of Leisure Policy provides a systematic account of the impact of social, economic and cultural change on demand for leisure and of the response of politicians, professionals and service providers. The book assesses the impact of a range of ideologies on leisure provision, concluding that New Right ideas in particular have played a major role in shaping the pattern of sports, arts, countryside and other leisure policies during the Thatcher decade. As a consequence, Ian Henry argues, economic considerations have come to predominate over social, aesthetic and conservationist criteria for state involvement in leisure provision - a trend reinforced by the impact of privatisation and contracting out of services and the development of huge conglomera tes in the private leisure industry. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Magatzem	General	M 0568	1	Exclòs de préstec		1900007193

List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Guide to Reading the Book --
1. The Politics of Leisure and Policy -- 2. Political Ideology and Central Government Leisure Policy -- 3. Leisure, the State and Policy in Modero Britain -- 4. Local Government and Leisure Policy: Tbe Heritage of Thatcherism -- 5. The Leisure Professionals -- 6. The Commercial and Voluntary Sectors -- 7 Leisure Policy, Post-Fordism and Local Government -- Guide to Further Reading -- References -- Index

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