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The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure

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Authors: Peter Bramham, Stephen Wagg
  • ISBN: 9780230216846
  • Price: LE 57.20
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  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Edition: 1 Edition
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Categories Political Science  
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This book explores the new politics of leisure and pleasure in relation to a range of popular activities. Current generations in Western societies are essentially recipients of the changes that the Sixties – fabled decade of sex, drugs and rock n' roll - left behind. In their leisure lives – whether drinking, reading, surfing the net, taking drugs, going to a comedy gig, watching TV, taking a holiday, downloading music, supporting a football club, having a bet, having sex or simply roaming the countryside – people seem to enjoy unprecedented freedoms. But what are these freedoms? How are they exercised? And to what extent have traditional controls been relinquished?