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This article is concerned with the engagement of leisure studies as an academic field and as organized, professional intervention with the phenomenon of globalization, using the exemplificatory case of the World Leisure and Recreation Association’s (now World Leisure’s) Sao Paulo Declaration on Leisure and Globalization as a point of reference. Deploying a combination of globalization theory and ‘autoethnographic’ research in relation to instances of mediated leisure culture, it reflects on conceptual imprecision and potential contradictions in the Declaration as indicative of wider problems in the disciplinary field. Leisure studies researchers are enjoined to avoid complicity in promoting both dystopian and utopian versions of globalization theory, and sceptically to assess the complex interaction of globalizing and other macro/micro processes. The article concludes by arguing for a wide‐ranging, critically reflexive leisure studies research agenda supported by principled strategic interventions in leisure power relations.

Many feel that outsourcing is the best way of meeting these challenges. Godbey (1997) argues that "most leisure services will have to figure out what they are good at and 'outsource' everything else" (p. 218).

Outsourcing is also a means of acquiring specialized resources and valuable expertise that cannot be produced internally. Thus leisure services managers are being challenged to rethink the traditional model of organization

A leading UK based holiday and leisure group was considering outsourcing to help deliver operational efficiencies, and to detect and quickly respond to customer’s needs. Client Challenge Stabilize financial processes and improve financial controls Improve service levels and reduce cost of Finance and Accounting ( F&A), payroll and associated applications management Consider numerous outsourcing options and factors before making the decision. Because the firm’s ability to leverage a global service delivery model was limited, Alsbridge was chosen to guide them through the process.

Globalization is the buzzword of the 21st century. If we live in a globalized world, what does this mean for our economies, our cultures, our work and leisure, even our sense of ourselves? Globalization: The Key Concepts presents an accessible and provocative guide to the way we live now.The causes and the effects of globalization are hotly disputed and the book aims to present the range of arguments in a clear and balanced way. However, arguing that variation is as characteristic of globalization as standardization, the book stresses the necessity for a bottom-up, comparative analysis. Distinguishing between the cultural, political, economic and ecological aspects of globalization, the book highlights the implications of globalization for people's everyday lives.