This edited collection explores Positive Sociology of Leisure (PSL) as a subfield relating to leisure studies, sociology of leisure, and sociology of happiness.

This book extends positive psychology by embedding leisure into the positive science field, following a new paradigm and aggregating various domains and fields.

This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. St

The sociology of leisure is an important part of most leisure and recreation management degree and leisure studies BTEC courses. This book is designed to provid

The "Serious Leisure Perspective" (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an exp