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Leisure and Unemployment: Struggles for a Better World
Leisure and Unemployment: Struggles for a Better World
Tuesday, 12 July 2016: 09:00-10:30
Location: Dachgeschoss (Juridicum)
RC13 Sociology of Leisure (host committee) Language: English
Unemployment and its consequences are one of the worst social problems facing the world today. The biggest battalions in the reserve army of the unemployed are young people and those in “late career”. This session focuses on these two unemployed groups in separate cohorts of the life cycle. The unemployed are defined as those who have been involuntarily terminated from their jobs and as a consequence seek re-employment.
The particular emphasis of the session is on how unemployment affects the leisure of individuals and whether job loss excludes people from customary activities. Unemployment is said to cause social exclusion, since one has no right to work, no dignity or freedom and no way of planning private and professional life and organising individuality. The concept of exclusion and its application to unemployment need to be examined by types of exclusion within the domain of leisure. The session expects to examine:
- unemployment and the types of exclusions it causes;
- the relationships between unemployment, leisure and disadvantage;
- research on unemployment and social exclusion in leisure;
- and implications for equity and inclusion.
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