PRIZES to win! PROMOTIONS

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Leisure and Human Rights by A.J Veal at Abbey's Bookshop,
Leisure and Human Rights
— —
A.J Veal

Leisure and Human Rights

A.J Veal

$340.95   $273.14

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
Palgrave Macmillan
01 August 2025
Sociology: sport & leisure; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; International human rights law
Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
This book argues for, while critically engaging with, the proposition that leisure is a human right. The structure of the book sets this proposition within historical and international legal human rights contexts, particularly exploring the human rights/legal conception of leisure as time and activities compared with other conceptualisations arising in the field of leisure studies.

The implications for different socio-economic, age-related, gender and ethnic groups are also explored. The book will be of interest to leisure studies scholars unfamiliar with the detail of the concept of human rights and human rights scholars unfamiliar with the concept of leisure as a human right in international law.
By:  
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 148mm, 
ISBN:   9783031863936
ISBN 10:   3031863933
Series:   Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Pages:   387
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Part I Introduction.- 1. Leisure and human rights: an introduction.- 2.Human rights in the modern era.- 3. Leisure and human rights.- Part II Activity-Specific Rights.- 4. Human rights and leisure time.- 5. Human rights and sport.- 6. Human rights and travel/tourism.- 7. Human rights and culture, heritage and the arts.- Part III Group-Specific Rights.- 8. Human rights and children’s play.- 9. Human rights and women’s leisure.- 10.  Human rights and people with disabilities.- 11. Human rights and the leisure/culture of ethnic minorities.- 12. Leisure and other human rights,- 13. Animal rights in human-animal leisure interactions.- Part IV Public Policy.- 14. The UN human rights system.- 15. Human rights and leisure public policy.- 16. Appendix: human rights treaties/declarations (extracts).

A.J. (Tony) Veal is Adjunct Professor in the Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and previously worked at the then Polytechnic of North London and the University of Birmingham. He is past president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies and former chair of the UK Leisure Studies Association. He is co-chair, with Atara Sivan, of the World Leisure Organisation’s Human Rights Group.  

See Also

Leisure and Human Rights

In Defence of Leisure

Experiments in Living with Marion...

Akshi Singh

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

ADD +
Leisure and Human Rights

A Sports Odyssey

My Ithaca Journal

Grant Farred

Paperback

$60.95  $52.08

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Leisure and Human Rights

Madden & Summerall

How They Revolutionized NFL Broadcasting...

Rich Podolsky

Hardback

$60.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Leisure and Human Rights

The Kaepernick Effect

Taking a Knee, Changing the World...

Dave Zirin

Hardback

$47.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Leisure and Human Rights

Believe Us

The Inside Story of JüRgen Klopp’s...

Melissa Reddy

Paperback

$24.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Leisure and Human Rights

Experiments in Recreation Research...

Thomas L. Burton

Paperback

$82.95  $70.08

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +