TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic polarization, leisure practices and policies, and the quality of life: A study in post-communist Moscow
AU - Roberts, K.
AU - Fagan, C.
AU - Boutenko, I.
AU - Razlogov, K.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Since the 1980s Russia has been transformed from one of the world's most equal into one of its most unequal countries, certainly in terms of income levels. This paper, based on survey research in Moscow in 1997, explores the implications of this economic polarization for the population's uses of leisure and the quality of their lives. The analysis juxtaposes and compares alternative, Russian and Western, approaches to measuring the quality of leisure. The Moscow evidence confirms that leisure is an important, independent contributor to the quality of life, and the analysis identifies the types of leisure policies and provisions that will maximize well- being within all socio-demographic groups, not just in Moscow but also, we believe, in other modern cities as well.
AB - Since the 1980s Russia has been transformed from one of the world's most equal into one of its most unequal countries, certainly in terms of income levels. This paper, based on survey research in Moscow in 1997, explores the implications of this economic polarization for the population's uses of leisure and the quality of their lives. The analysis juxtaposes and compares alternative, Russian and Western, approaches to measuring the quality of leisure. The Moscow evidence confirms that leisure is an important, independent contributor to the quality of life, and the analysis identifies the types of leisure policies and provisions that will maximize well- being within all socio-demographic groups, not just in Moscow but also, we believe, in other modern cities as well.
U2 - 10.1080/02614360110061405
DO - 10.1080/02614360110061405
M3 - Article
VL - 20
SP - 161
EP - 172
JO - Leisure Studies
JF - Leisure Studies
IS - 3
ER -
