The Serious Leisure Perspective

The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework developed by Robert A. Stebbins in 1973, that brings together three main forms of leisure known as serious leisure, casual leisure, and project-based leisure. The SLP has evolved considerably since 1973, and this textbook provides a synthesis of the many concepts and propositions, as well as the data supporting them. In this overview, Stebbins organizes the entire framework along conceptual lines, with careful attention to level of empirical support and validation of each concept, presenting an up-to-date version of the SLP that allows interested students and researchers of social psychology, sociology, and leisure studies, to pinpoint exact elements of the theory, the empirical base and its application.

The author is the founder of this theory, there is no-one better to write this book It is applicable to a range of fields; sociology, psychology, tourism & leisure studies; events management Winner of the 2022 Leisure Studies Association Book Award

Autorentext

Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Zusammenfassung

"Stebbins Synthesis of SLP is an original contribution to knowledge as no other author as attempted a synthesis of this theory across the abundance of works and multiple fields. ... The text would be most suitable for both postgraduate and research students in the leisure space as well as academics and researchers with an interest in leisure studies and the SLP." (Stewart Alford, Leisure Studies, May 20, 2021)

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Serious Leisure Perspective. - Chapter 2. The Essential SLP: Foundational Concepts.- Part 1. Micro Level. - Chapter 3. Leisure, Attitudes and Identity. - Chapter 4. Individual Participation in Leisure. - Part 2. Meso Level. - Chapter 5. Small-Scale Social Organizations.- Chapter 6. Middle-Range Processes.- Part 3. Macro Level. - Chapter 7. Social Institutional.- Chapter 8. Culture and Social Change.- Part 4. Theory and Practice. - Chapter 9. The SLP in Practice.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: The Conceptual Composition of the SLP.

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