{"product_id":"serious-leisure-david-b-sachsman-9781412855945","title":"Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSerious Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious (skilled), casual (unskilled), and project-based (short-term) leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls the \"serious leisure perspective.\" Stebbins sets out the basic concepts that make up the three leisure forms, focusing on their essential elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStebbins sees \"serious leisure\" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts--organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and follows up with historical commentary. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSerious Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e is a coherent and comprehensive resource setting out the main parameters of what is now widely recognized as an interdisciplinary research area. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David B. Sachsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412855942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412855945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"David B. Sachsman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925524906239,"sku":"9781412855945","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cb643b32-6da3-4abb-98fa-6d399bdb4615.jpg?v=1681077786","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serious-leisure-david-b-sachsman-9781412855945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}