| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xi, 465 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
The dilemma of meaning / Serena Arnold -- Perceptions of tim / John Farina -- Is there enough time? / Thomas L. Goodale -- Leisure and freedom re-examined / Francis J. Bregha -- Fantasy, play, creativity and mental health / Bill Michaelis -- On the biological basis of pleasure: some implications for leisure policy / Stephen L. J. Smith -- If leisure is to matter / Thomas L. Goodale -- Recreation rightly understood / Daniel L. Dustin, Leo H. McAvoy, John H. Schultz -- The prospects for leisure in a conserver society / Irene M. Spry -- Of Godots and Goodbars: On waiting and looking for change / Thomas L. Goodale -- Planning for leisure in a pluralistic society / Geoffrey Godbey -- The impact of change on public park and recreation administration / Joseph J. Bannon -- Urban leisure services: reshaping a good thing / Geoffrey Godbey -- Effectiveness (not efficiency) is the primary measure of program success / John L. Crompton, Charles W. Lamb -- Creative growth through play and its implications for recreation practice / Doyle Bishop, Claudine Jeanrenaud -- Sources of leisure styles / John R. Kelly -- Marketing: neither snake oil nor panacea / John L. Crompton -- Prevailing winds and bending mandates / Thomas L. Goodale -- The professionalization of parks and recreation: a necessity? / H. Douglas Sessoms -- Gaining professional status: who benefits? / Peter A. Witt -- Narrowing the options: the power of professionals in daily life and leisure / John Lord, Peggy Hutchison, Fred VanDerbeck -- Leisure services and social control / Ronald P. Reynolds -- Buckpassing, blaming or benevolence: a leisure education/leisure counseling perspective / Peter A. Witt -- The overfue renaissance of public park and recreation services / Louis F. Twardzik -- Back to our radical roots / Mary Duncan -- Leisure research is a very good thing / Lynn A. Barnett -- Leisure research and park and recreation education: compatible or not? / Rabel J. Burdge -- Spirits sacred and secular: context as bias in leisure research / Thomas L. Goodale -- Conceptualization and measurement of leisure: making the abstract concrete / Gary D. Ellis, Peter A. Witt -- Leisure and quality: beyond the quantitative barrier in research / John R. Kelly -- The androcentrism complex / Maureen Glancy -- The "psychologization" of leisure services / Roger C. Mannell -- Recovering a good idea for the sake of goodness: an interpretive critique of subjective leisure / Charles Sylvester. |
| Subject |
Recreation.
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Leisure.
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| Added Author |
Goodale, Thomas L.
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Witt, Peter A., 1943-
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| ISBN |
0910251428 |
|
9780910251426 |
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