Gambling for profit : lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos in cross-national focus /

"Over the past forty years, Western governments have increasingly liberalized and deregulated gambling, which is now used to deliver state revenues and commercial profit in many jurisdictions. Gambling for Profit is a cross-national history of the emergence of legal gambling, including lotterie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chambers, Kerry, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Gambling > Cross-cultural studies.
Gambling > Social aspects.
Gambling > Government policy.
Gambling > Economic aspects.
Jeux de hasard > Études transculturelles.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect social.
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect économique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Gambling.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework
  • Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes
  • Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States
  • Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States
  • Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts.

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