Forthcoming Leisure Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Life Forms and Meaning Structure

   By Alfred Schutz

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology

   This volume contains a translation of four early manuscripts by Alfred Schutz, unpublished at the time, written between 1924 and 1928. The publication of these four essays adds much to our knowledge and appreciation of the wide range of Schutz’s phenomenological and sociological interests....

   To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Gambling, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals)

   A Study Across Three Areas

   By David Downes, D. M. Davies, M. E. David, P. Stone

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Since the legalisation of off-course cash betting in 1960, and the rise of varying forms of gambling, the British have come to be known as a nation of gamblers. Until this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling had become a major...

   To Be Published September 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Contested Spatialities, Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism

   Edited by Michael Janoschka, Heiko Haas

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism represent a major trend in individualized societies worldwide, which is attracting a rapidly growing interest from the academic community. This volume for the first time, critically analyses the spatial, social and political consequences of such...

   To Be Published September 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure

   Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning

   Edited by Sam Elkington, Sean Gammon

   We are entering a new era of leisure. Quality rather than quantity is now the focus of researchers, policymakers and managers. Technological change, an ageing population and a harsh economic climate are changing the values and practices of leisure, as well as the relationship between leisure,...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Qualitative Research in Gambling

   Exploring the Production and Consumption of Risk

   Edited by Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea Pisac, Claire Loussouarn

   Gambling is both a multi-billion dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating...

   To Be Published October 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Wine in New Zealand.

   By Peter Howland

   New Zealand’s wine came to the world’s attention in the late 1980’s with its production of some of the best quality sauvignon blancs. Since then the industry has grown significantly and has gained an international reputation as a producer of quality, boutique wines. This volume provides an...

   To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Leisure Geographies of Web 2.0

   A Historical and Comparative Analysis

   By Payal Arora

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Positing social networking sites as virtual leisure spaces, this book argues that the properties of these sites are by no means novel, but are rooted in historical, economic, social, and cultural spaces, tied to offline practices, and marked by similar political struggles....

   To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality

   Edited by Jennifer Hargreaves, Eric Anderson

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   All sports focus on the physical body, with images of speed and power, agility, skillfulness and achievement. Throughout the history of sports, gender divisions and stereotypes have been intrinsic to their structure and culture, while sexuality has been inseparable from the gendered character of...

   To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Unbecoming Things

   Mutable Objects and the Politics of Waste

   By Mike Crang, Mike Crang

   Series: CRESC

   This book responds to moves to rematerialise the social sciences, to attend to the stuff of daily life but challenges the social sciences to think beyond objects as stable things. It forwards the argument that objects need to be seen not as stabilising things, or immutable mobiles – as time stilled...

   To Be Published February 27th 2014 by Routledge