Swain, Spencer 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041
(2022)
Leisure, power and social justice in an age of uncertainty: Investigating the relationship between power, precarity and the rise of the prosumer.
In: Leisure Studies Association Conference, 12th - 14th of July 2022, University of Falmouth.
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Abstract
Power's relationship with social justice represents a critical area of scholarship due to the need for progressive political movements to challenge social injustices concerning human rights, poverty, and civil liberties to create a fairer society. In the hope of doing this, many activists seek to dismantle the power structures that elevate certain social groups such as males, the affluent, Eurocentric, and the non-disabled through structuring society in a way that allows them greater access to cultural, social and economic resources that in turn provide more significant opportunities for financial security and social mobility. This critical insight has a long tradition within the field of leisure studies, drawing from conceptual ideas developed in the humanities and social sciences to shed light on the insidious workings of power in controlling populations away from traditional sites of conflict in the workplace. To this end, the paper seeks to provide an overview of power and its relationship with social control, starting with different definitions of power emanating from political thinkers such as Steven Lukes and Michel Foucault to more contemporary ideas emanating from the work of Zygmunt Bauman.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| School/Department: | School of Science, Technology and Health |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6486 |
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