Organizing around enthusiasms : patterns of mutual aid in leisure / by Paul Hoggett and Jeff Bishop

By:

Hoggett, Paul

Contributor(s):

Bishop, Jeff

Series: Organizations and democracy series ; 2Publication details: London : Comedia, 1986Edition: 1st edDescription: 132 pISBN:

0906890853

Summary: The activities of myriad .small clubs, groups, associations and federations have long provided the bedrock of everyday cultural and leisure activity in Britain. Metal detection, natural history, swimming, cycling, allotments, military modelling, judo, aquarism... The scale and complexity of such activity probably far outweighs all other forms of community action, yet we know very little about it. Conventional approaches to self-management focus almost exclusively on business enterprises, co-ops, trade unions, and local political parties. Organizing Around Enthusiasms is a book about the unexplored world of the hobby. Far from being another recitation of organizational structure, Organizing Around Enthusiasms places questions of culture and meaning at the centre of its analysis. The authors also question statutory attempts to 'develop' this independent activity, outlining the dangers and futility of trying to incorporate it into bureaucratic and centralised programmes of 'voluntary' involvement in 'leisure'. (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 Sala	General	S 02915	1	Available (Disponible)		1900007283

1. Introduction -- 2. Group cameos: some sketches -- 3. Mutual aid in leisure -- 4. Leisure sub-cultures -- 5. The contribution of individuals to groups -- 6. The environment of groups -- 7. The structure and dynamic of communal leisure organizations -- 8. Conclusions -- References

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