Main topics of study:

Leisure as an Object of Sociological Inquiry:

• Introduction
• The Social Significance of Leisure
• Basic Philosophy & Orientation
• From Philosophy to Social Research
• The Purpose of this Volume

Traditional Approaches in the Sociology of Leisure:

• Introduction
• Sociological Reasoning
• Traditions in the Sociology of Leisure
• Discussion

Recent Interpretative Approaches to Leisure:

• Introduction
• New Sociologies of Leisure
• Discussion

Elements of a Structural Sociology of Leisure:

• Introduction
• Social Structure
• The Social Structures of Leisure
• Discussion

Social Networks Research:

• Introduction
• Operationalising Structure
• Social Networks Research - An Overview
• Summary

Social Networks Research in Leisure:

• Introduction
• The Social Networks of Leisure
• Influences of Community Networks on Leisure
• Social Networks at Leisure Places
• An Illustration - Personal Networks in a Rural Community
• Organisational Networks
• Summary

A Critique of leisure Networks Research:

• Introduction
• The Influence of Social Networks on Leisure
• Future Leisure Networks Research
• A Remaining Problem - Meaning
• Critique, & an Alternative - Giddens’s Theory of Structuration
• Summary

Conclusions & Consequences of a Structural Sociology of Leisure:

• Introduction
• Reinterpreting Leisure
• Unresolved Issues
• Conclusions

Reading List

Main Text:

Leisure in Society: A Network Structural Perspective - P A Stokouski (Mansell)