Leisure research plays only a subordinate role - not just in the Federal Republic of Germany. After a boom in literature and research projects on leisure issues in the 1970s, it has become very quiet again. This picture is reflected on an international level as well. The great enthusiasm regarding leisure, the rush towards a leisure society, and the drive to improve opportunities for various social groups in leisure seems to have been replaced by a rather resigned mood. The economic crises in the Western industrialized countries, with their high unemployment rates and the need to redefine and redistribute work, keep work at the center of interest, even though there is also talk of the diminishing significance of work. In any case, leisure research...