Leisure experiences, opportunities and contributions to human development

The new human development paradigm rests on the human and cultural capital of peoples and revolves around the challenge of increasing the well-being and happiness of people. Therefore, leisure understood in today's societies as one of the key means to feel good, satisfied with life and reaffirmed in the pursuit of a meaning for life, seems to be ultimately called to play a key role in promoting human development processes. The contents of this book are a good proof of it. Each chapter focuses on a different approach, discipline or group and highlights the potential of leisure experiences for human development. This book is an invitation to reflection and thought on issues that, far from being irrelevant, have a bearing on people's future, in terms of happiness, well-being and quality of life. It is everyone's responsibility to ensure that future leisure develops under the guidelines of a leisure that contributes to human development.

Contenu
Rethinking leisure experiences from the new paradigm of human development
By María Jesús Monteagudo


Liquid leisure. Towards a new experiential paradigm
By Jaime Cuenca Amigo


Leisure experience in consumer society: characteristics, possibility conditions and threats
By María Jesús Monteagudo and Roberto San Salvador del Valle


The experience of aesthetic leisure revisited
By María Luisa Amigo Fernández de Arroyabe and Macarena Cuenca Amigo


Possibilities of leisure experience: Notes from Deusto's humanist perspective
By José Clerton de Oliveira Martins and Francisca Paula Viana Mendes


Leisure and personal development
By Robert A. Stebbins


Inclusion and education: creating a path to leisure and human development
By John Dattilo


The leisure experience in groups at risk of exclusion. Some considerations on people's leisure with disabilities
By Aurora Madariaga and Fernando Bayón


The leisure experience through university programmes for adults/the elderly
By Yolanda Lázaro, Joseba Doistua and Idurre Lazcano