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Analysing Leisure Policy

In: Management and Planning in the Leisure Industries

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  • Fred Coalter

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In this chapter we will be concerned to identify the nature of the values implicit in the development of leisure policy, and their implications for the role of the leisure professional. The setting of management goals and the choice of means for their attainment are rarely purely technical issues. Such decisions take place within, and are often directly influenced by, the context of political values, attitudes and decisions. Political debates concerning the most appropriate division of responsibility between the public, voluntary and commercial sectors in leisure, the most effective role for local government (i.e., direct provision, subsidy, regulation, contract management) and the proper balance between income maximisation and catering for disadvantaged groups, all serve to emphasise the political dimensions of management decisions.

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  • Fred Coalter, 1990. "Analysing Leisure Policy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ian Henry (ed.), Management and Planning in the Leisure Industries, chapter 6, pages 149-178, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-10647-9_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10647-9_6
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