Globalisation, Leisure and Social Change Essays in Honour of Profesor Ishwar P.Modi

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Writing about Leisure ..........1 Leisure and Social Change: Emerging issues in India .......11 Globalization and its impact on Indian Society ...........18 Caste, Class and Globalization : Continuity and Change ........36 Leisure in Indian Tradition: Looking beyond the west ........55 Some Reflection on Technology and Values nowadays .........66 Leisure, Happiness and Deveopment: A global Perspective ...........75 Getting the big picture of Leisure .......92 Leisre , sports and social Change .........98 Role of Leisure in the Reproduction of Inequalities : Puerto Rico Case Study ........104 Leisure and Mental Health: Sociological Study of Women experiencing leisure during their mental Illness...........118 Leisure , Tourism development and Environment Interface: Reflections from Uttarakhand Tourism ........134 Impact of Leisure on Quality of life and social Development : Reflection on Urban India ...........153 Family and value in Contemporary chinese Culture : From a Globalisation perspective........160 Leisure tools, Children and Globalization ..........172 Sociological Perspectives of Education for Lifestyle counselling : Case of Szeged, Hungary.......186 Post-Retirement leisure in Japan .....193 Interrogating Transitions in African Leisure and labour Cultures as Variables for Development in Africa .............207 Social Differentials and Emerging Urban Leisure Trends : A case study of City of Dehradun in India ..........219 Global to local modernity in Bangladehs : Changing world views of Rural Women .........230 Leisure, Social Capital and life turns in Deviant youth .....258 Leisure and Nishkam Karma .......267 Dialectics of Western Categories and Indigenous understanding : Some thoughts on Leisure.......277 Why public Sociology ......287