Leisure and Human Rights

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 andinternationallegal human rights contexts, particularly exploring the human rights/legal conception of leisure astimeandactivities compared with other conceptualisations arising in the field of leisure studies.Theimplications for differentsocio-economic, age-related, gender and ethnicgroupsare also explored.Thebook will be of interest to leisure studies scholarsunfamiliar with the detail ofthe concept ofhuman rights andthe human rights scholars unfamiliar with the concept of leisure as a human rightin international law.