Abstract
ABSTRACT Studies of the leisure policies drafted and enacted in different countries may be expected to reveal new approaches to policy-making or, at least, to bring awareness and understanding of some of the causal factors involved, the range of possible solutions and the ways in which leisure policies are conceived and implemented by governments. Analysis of various aspects of leisure policy in Britain and France provides an interesting example of the ways in which two countries at a similar stage of economic and social development have tackled issues relating to free time, access to and use of leisure amenities. Differences are found in the importance attributed to leisure and in the associated imagery. French governments have a much stronger commitment to leisure policy, and this would seem to be related to the more powerful tradition of state intervention in social life in France. The effects of policy differences on leisure behaviour are difficult to assess, but the comparison does suggest some possible directions for future policies.
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