First published in 1988. This book provides a lucid and
exceptionally well-informed account at the controversial
relationship between politics and leisure. The author combines
historical and sociological material to show the ways in which
'leisure' has often been a fiercely disputed battleground. Free
time and free space have always posed a threat to political
authorities, while providing room for experimentation and
expression for the citizenry. This has led to extensive attempts at
leisure regulation; John Wilson examines the purposes and
effectiveness of such regulation in the fields of games sexuality,
the mass media, and gambling. He is able to draw on evidence of
leisure planning and policy from a wide variety of political
regimes, from communist and socialist through social democrat to
liberal, conservative, and fascist. The importance of the
relationship between political forces and leisure, in subjects as
disparate as the future of the Olympic games and the future of full
employment, has rarely been so evident. John Wilson has provided an
excellent guide to its intricacies.
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