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9780851996202

Free Time and Leisure Participation : International Perspectives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780851996202

  • ISBN10:

    0851996205

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-08-18
  • Publisher: Cab Intl

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This is an expanded and updated edition of a previous work entitled World Leisure Participation: Free Time in the Global Village, by the same editors (CABI, 1996). It brings together the results of national leisure participation surveys from around the world. In addition to updating chapters to include the latest surveys, the book includes: Increased coverage of time-budget surveys; Additional themes such as public policy dimensions; Additional countries, including Finland, Netherlands and Russia.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors vii
list of Tables and Figures ix
Preface xv
1. Leisure Participation and Time-use Surveys: an Overview
1(16)
Grant Cushman, A.J. Veal and Jiri Zuzanek
2. Australia
17(24)
A.J. Veal
3. Canada
41(20)
Jiri Zuzanek
4. Finland
61(14)
Mirja Liikkanen and Hannu Paakkonen
5. France
75(26)
Nicole Samuel
6. Germany
101(8)
Walter Tokarski and Harald Michels
7. Great Britain
109(18)
Chris Gratton and A.J. Veal
8. Hong Kong
127(14)
Atara Sivan, Bob Robertson and Sue Walker
9. Israel
141(12)
Hillel Ruskin and Atara Sivan
10. Japan 153(10)
Munehiko Harada
11. The Netherlands 163(14)
Wim Knulst and Hugo van der Poel
12. New Zealand 177(20)
Sue Walker, Mary Donn and Allan Laidler
13. Poland 197(24)
Bohdan Jung
14. Russia 221(12)
I.A. Butenko
15. Spain 233(12)
Concepción Maiztegui Oñate
16. United States of America: Outdoor Recreation 245(20)
H.K. Cordell, G.T. Green, V.R. Leeworthy, R. Stephens, M.J. Fly and C.J. Betz
17. United States of America: Time-use and Cultural Activities 265(18)
John P. Robinson and Geoffrey C. Godbey
18. National Leisure Participation and Time-use Surveys: a Future 283(10)
Grant Cushman, A.J. Veal and Jiri Zuzanek
Index 293

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