#12174. Exclusionary Mechanisms of Community Leisure for Low-Income Families: Programs, Policies and Procedures

July 2026publication date
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Sociology and Political Science;
Environmental Science (miscellaneous);
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management;
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Abstract:
With the rise of neoliberalism, community leisure practitioners have access to fewer resources, which requires adopting the business-like practices of private sector organizations. To ensure access for low-income families, practitioners incorporate economic-based access policies. Despite these efforts, many low-income families are still unable to access community-based leisure provisions. Drawing on data from a case study of a nonprofit organization that supports low-income families’ access to leisure activities, we found that community leisure provisions had rigid program structures, subsidy programs, registration processes, and volunteer obligations that hindered rather than helped parents’ ability to facilitate their children’s leisure participation. Our findings indicate that top-down programming resulted in not meeting families’ needs due to program options, despite being designed for low-income families, the leisure access provisions prevented rather than cultivated participation in leisure activities.
Keywords:
Canada; community; families; neoliberalism; poverty

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