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Objectives
Discuss the ways in which recreation and leisure services expanded in the years immediately following World War II. Discuss the social and demographic changes that initiated many changes in recreation and leisure services in the years following World War II. Identify the ways in which the recreation and leisure movement participated in and aided many of the causes taken up by the youth counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.
Objectives (contd)
Identify the social trends that brought a decline in the perceived value of leisure during the late 1970s and 1980s. Discuss the prospects for the future of recreation and leisure, based upon the prevalent trends at the close of the twentieth century.
Introduction
Growing concern about the environment
Government's role in preservation and conservation
Stronger emphasis on recreation's role in combating poverty and discrimination Programs designed to better serve girls and women, people with disabilities and older adults
Introduction (contd)
Emergence of specialized disciplines and professional groups serving
Military Business Private membership groups
Economic austerity of the 80s and 90s, and the following upsurge in the national economy
Community arts activities in the 1970s and 1980s National Endowment for the Arts Declining federal support in the 1980s
Economic Stratification
Implications for Leisure
"Conspicuous consumption" Growing disparity between rich and poor Rich have greater access to better services and facilities
Privatization
Prison industry grows in the 90s Central Park Conservancy Marks withdrawal of major portions of the population Brought decline of "social capital"
Home environments
Nanny cams Home theater systems Intelligent wallpaper Virtual features Automations Electronics