Mapping the Intellectual Landscape of Leisure and Social Cohesion: A Bibliometric Analysis of Conceptual Evolution, Thematic Trends, Influential Scholarship, and Emerging Research Frontiers in Global Discourse (2000–2025)
Leisure extends beyond recreation and represents a social space shaped by cultural values, economic conditions, spatial arrangements, and institutional structures. Social cohesion reflects the level of trust, connectedness, and shared belonging within communities, and leisure settings often function as social arenas...