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Leisure, Risk and Reflexivity

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This chapter discusses how risks of various kinds have become normal parts of life in modern societies. It explains how at leisure young people not only encounter risks, but also often embrace them as sources of excitement in otherwise mundane lives.

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  1. University of Liverpool, 2 County Road, Ormskirk, L39 1QQ, UK

    Ken Roberts

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  1. Carnegie Faculty, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Karl Spracklen

  2. Carnegie Faculty, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Brett Lashua

  3. Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

    Erin Sharpe

  4. Health and Life Sciences, York St John’s University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Spencer Swain

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Roberts, K. (2017). Leisure, Risk and Reflexivity. In: Spracklen, K., Lashua, B., Sharpe, E., Swain, S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56479-5_40

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