Overview
- Bridges the gap between individual disciplines studying leisure and health
- Considers a range of countries across Europe and Asia
- Assesses the implications for research and practice
Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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“Go West”
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The “Visegrád Four”
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About this book
This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors to this edited volume explore the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and social aspects of health and leisure as well as the influence of moral and religious principles. The connections between the individual and the social structure, social integration, the social division of labor, and the natural environment are also analysed.
The volume studies this relationship from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, psychology, psychiatry, medical sciences, sport sciences, education, policy making, and from both national and international perspectives. As such, the collection will be of interest to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including Leisure Studies, Health Studies, Health Promotion, Psychology and Mental Health, Sociology and Sport Studies.
Reviews
“It would definitely be a useful book to direct undergraduate leisure studies students to when wanting to show them the global and theoretical diversity of leisure understandings and research.” (Janette Young, Hazel Maxwell and Nicole Peel, Annals of Leisure Research, August 24, 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Zsuzsanna Benkő is Head of the Institute of Applied Health Sciences and Health Promotion at the Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary. She has a pioneering and leading role in the theory, methodology and institutionalisation of Health Promotion in Hungary, including a special focus on leisure.
Ishwar Modi is the founding father of leisure studies in India. He is Director of India International Institute of Social Sciences and a member of the Executive Committee of ISA and has also been re-elected President of ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Leisure. He is also a Senior Fellow and Founding Member of the World Leisure Academy.
Klára Tarkó is Vice-Head of the Institute of Applied Health Sciences and Health Promotion, and Vice-Dean for Education at the Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary. She was elected vice-president of the Executive Committee of ISA RC13 Sociology of Leisure (2014-2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Leisure, Health and Well-Being
Book Subtitle: A Holistic Approach
Editors: Zsuzsanna Benkő, Ishwar Modi, Klára Tarkó
Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33257-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33256-7Published: 17 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81468-1Published: 24 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33257-4Published: 07 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3173
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Positive Psychology, Health Psychology