Books by Robert A. Stebbins

Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, received his PhD in sociology in 1964 from the University of Minnesota. He is now Faculty Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. Stebbins is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Leisure Sciences, and World Leisure Academy. He is also an elected member of Phi Beta Kappa, Macalester College Chapter. The serious leisure perspective, which he pioneered, now has its own website at www.seriousleisure.net. He is the author of several books including The Idea of Leisure: First Principles and Personal decisions in the public square: Beyond problem into a positive sociology, and others.