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Qualitative methods in social research --- Social sciences --- Sciences sociales --- Research --- Methodology --- Recherche --- Méthodologie --- #SBIB:031.AANKOOP --- #SBIB:303H10 --- #SBIB:303H0 --- Methoden en technieken: algemene handboeken en reeksen --- Methoden in de sociale wetenschappen: algemeen --- Methodology. --- Research. --- Méthodologie --- Social science research

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Sociology of sport --- Amateurism. --- Leisure --- Marginality, Social. --- Social aspects.

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Serious Leisure 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, Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious, casual, and project-based leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls "serious leisure."In this perspective, serious leisure constitutes systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer activity sufficiently substantial and interesting in nature and requiring special skills, knowledge, and experience. Casual leisure, though immediately, intrinsically rewarding, is by contrast a relatively short-lived pleasurable activity, requiring little or no special training to enjoy it. Project-based leisure is a short-term, reasonably complicated, occasional creative undertaking carried out in free time. Stebbins sets out the basic concepts and propositions that make up the three forms, focusing on their essential elements. He takes stock of the serious leisure literature as well as that for casual and project-based leisure.Stebbins sees "serious leisure" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts--organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture--and several of their component areas. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and then adds historical commentary on, first, casual leisure and, then, project-based leisure. 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.Together with its original insights, Serious Leisure offers a single, handy, coherent, comprehensive resource. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists. (Provided by publisher)

Leisure --- Loisir --- Sociological aspects. --- Aspect sociologique --- Sociological aspects --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:316.7C400 --- #SBIB:316.7C410 --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Vrijetijdssociologie: algemeen --- Vrijetijdsonderzoek

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This book illustrates how leisure, as with other complex ideas that hold currency in today’s world, suffers at the level of common sense, due to a combination of oversimplification, moral depreciation, and even lack of recognition. Leisure’s modern legacy is both profound and immense, as a product of approximately 45 years of steady research, application and theory development. The common sense view of free-time activities, therefore, can and should be challenged. Stebbins provides this confrontation by tackling four particular themes: that gatekeepers within the institutions of higher education and funding agencies for research often fail to attach adequate resources to the idea of leisure; that the general population are guided by certain common sense definitions and largely unaware of how an informed view of free time could be beneficial; that practitioners within certain fields continue to refuse to engage with the idea of leisure despite its benefit for their clients; and that the weak reception of the science of leisure within mainstream social sciences suggests a similarly warped understanding of how people use their free time. Leisure’s Legacy will be of interest to scholars of Leisure Studies and all those wishing to learn more about the vital importance of leisure in modern Western society.

Leisure --- Social sciences. --- Religion and culture. --- Social sciences --- Sports --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Culture and religion --- Culture --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology --- Free time (Leisure) --- Leisure time --- Recreation --- Philosophy. --- Sociological aspects. --- Leisure. --- Sports-Sociological aspects. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Sociology of Sport and Leisure. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Social Theory. --- Sports—Sociological aspects. --- Culture. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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Merit (Ethics) --- Self-esteem. --- Academic achievement --- Scholars --- Politicians --- Hommes politiques --- Réussite scolaire --- Mérite --- Savants --- Estime de soi. --- Social aspects --- Psychology. --- Aspect psychologique. --- Aspect social. --- Social aspects. --- Politicians. --- Statesmen --- Réussite scolaire --- Mérite