Stanley Parker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stanley Parker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stanley |
| FAMILY NAME | Parker |
| SIGNATURE | PARKER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2870-1418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A fresh lens on psychological flexibility
Leisure and Leisure Studies in the 21St Century
Four scenarios for leisure and the work-leisure relationship are discussed: those characterised by conservatism, reactionism, reformism and revolutionism. Conservatism means a continuation of leisure seen primarily as an industry serving consumers, the work-leisure relationship being primarily one of neutrality. Reactionism means going back to a supposed golden age, leisure being equated with simple pleasures, with a blurring of work and leisure.…
Leisure and Work
British views of retirement
The origins of retirement in Britain are briefly traced. Thirty years ago the national economic view had changed from ‘old age as enfeeblement’ to ‘the elderly as producers’. Today few older people are employed. A recent survey suggests that most ‘settle down’ in retirement, although this is often due to lowered expectations and a desire to make the best of things. As compared with the United States, there is little ‘selling’ of retirement — arti…
Change, Flexibility, Spontaneity, and Self-Determination in Leisure
The concepts of choice, flexibility, spontaneity, and self-determination are important in understanding forms of leisure institutions and behavior. Choice is never completely free, and numerous options do not necessarily mean qualitatively different choices. Flexibility is concerned with the timing of selected courses of action. For the individual, spontaneity is the opposite of routine and pre-planning. Self-determination describes how far the i…
Leisure and Leisure Studies in the United States and Britain—a Comparative Survey
The experience of leisure and the state of leisure studies in the US and Britain are compared. This is done under several headings: leisure and the individual, leisure services, leisure studies, and conclusion. Attention is drawn to the higher material standard of leisure provision and the greater choice of activities available to people in the US compared with Britain. Americans pack more into their leisure time, while the British have less “ant…
Reducing consumption in periods of acute scarcity
Retirement—leisure or Not
The paper deals with the relationship between retirement from paid work and the experience of leisure. Retirement and leisure are associated partly because they are both often defined as the absence of work. But the leisure of retirement may be either compensation for unpleasant work endured or replacement for valued work lost. Research evidence is that the aging process does not normally bring a fundamental change in the type or quality of leisu…
Sociology of Leisure
The Sociology of Leisure
The Sociology of Leisure
Sociology of Leisure
In the 1970s the subject of leisure was attracting interest among both social scientists and people concerned with developing recreation policies. A relative newcomer to the sociological scene at the time, leisure was beginning to compete in research effort and theory-building with the more established fields of sociology. As well as making an academic contribution, this book, originally published in 1976, provided practitioners (such as planners…
The Sociology of Leisure
Leisure and Society in Britain
The Future of Work and Leisure
The Future of Work and Leisure
The Future of Work and Leisure
Sociology of Leisure
In the 1970s the subject of leisure was attracting interest among both social scientists and people concerned with developing recreation policies. A relative newcomer to the sociological scene at the time, leisure was beginning to compete in research effort and theory-building with the more established fields of sociology. As well as making an academic contribution, this book, originally published in 1976, provided practitioners (such as planners…
Leisure and Society in Britain
The Sociology of Leisure
Change, Flexibility, Spontaneity, and Self-Determination in Leisure
The concepts of choice, flexibility, spontaneity, and self-determination are important in understanding forms of leisure institutions and behavior. Choice is never completely free, and numerous options do not necessarily mean qualitatively different choices. Flexibility is concerned with the timing of selected courses of action. For the individual, spontaneity is the opposite of routine and pre-planning. Self-determination describes how far the i…
The Future of Work and Leisure
Leisure and Leisure Studies in the United States and Britain—a Comparative Survey
The experience of leisure and the state of leisure studies in the US and Britain are compared. This is done under several headings: leisure and the individual, leisure services, leisure studies, and conclusion. Attention is drawn to the higher material standard of leisure provision and the greater choice of activities available to people in the US compared with Britain. Americans pack more into their leisure time, while the British have less “ant…
Reducing consumption in periods of acute scarcity
Retirement—leisure or Not
The paper deals with the relationship between retirement from paid work and the experience of leisure. Retirement and leisure are associated partly because they are both often defined as the absence of work. But the leisure of retirement may be either compensation for unpleasant work endured or replacement for valued work lost. Research evidence is that the aging process does not normally bring a fundamental change in the type or quality of leisu…
The Future of Work and Leisure
The Future of Work and Leisure
The Future of Work and Leisure
Leisure and Society in Britain
The Sociology of Leisure
Sociology of Leisure
In the 1970s the subject of leisure was attracting interest among both social scientists and people concerned with developing recreation policies. A relative newcomer to the sociological scene at the time, leisure was beginning to compete in research effort and theory-building with the more established fields of sociology. As well as making an academic contribution, this book, originally published in 1976, provided practitioners (such as planners…
The Sociology of Leisure
Sociology of Leisure
The Sociology of Leisure
Retirement—leisure or Not
The paper deals with the relationship between retirement from paid work and the experience of leisure. Retirement and leisure are associated partly because they are both often defined as the absence of work. But the leisure of retirement may be either compensation for unpleasant work endured or replacement for valued work lost. Research evidence is that the aging process does not normally bring a fundamental change in the type or quality of leisu…
Leisure and Leisure Studies in the United States and Britain—a Comparative Survey
The experience of leisure and the state of leisure studies in the US and Britain are compared. This is done under several headings: leisure and the individual, leisure services, leisure studies, and conclusion. Attention is drawn to the higher material standard of leisure provision and the greater choice of activities available to people in the US compared with Britain. Americans pack more into their leisure time, while the British have less “ant…
Reducing consumption in periods of acute scarcity
Change, Flexibility, Spontaneity, and Self-Determination in Leisure
The concepts of choice, flexibility, spontaneity, and self-determination are important in understanding forms of leisure institutions and behavior. Choice is never completely free, and numerous options do not necessarily mean qualitatively different choices. Flexibility is concerned with the timing of selected courses of action. For the individual, spontaneity is the opposite of routine and pre-planning. Self-determination describes how far the i…
British views of retirement
The origins of retirement in Britain are briefly traced. Thirty years ago the national economic view had changed from ‘old age as enfeeblement’ to ‘the elderly as producers’. Today few older people are employed. A recent survey suggests that most ‘settle down’ in retirement, although this is often due to lowered expectations and a desire to make the best of things. As compared with the United States, there is little ‘selling’ of retirement — arti…
Leisure and Work
Leisure and Leisure Studies in the 21St Century
Four scenarios for leisure and the work-leisure relationship are discussed: those characterised by conservatism, reactionism, reformism and revolutionism. Conservatism means a continuation of leisure seen primarily as an industry serving consumers, the work-leisure relationship being primarily one of neutrality. Reactionism means going back to a supposed golden age, leisure being equated with simple pleasures, with a blurring of work and leisure.…
A fresh lens on psychological flexibility
Sociology (14 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (10 works) · Social science (8 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (8 works) · Sociology of leisure (7 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Work (physics (5 works) · Economics (4 works)