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Casino State : Legalized Gambling in Canada /
While there has been an unprecedented explosion of legalized gambling in Canada - particularly in the form of casinos and electronic games - the public has become increasingly aware of addictions to gambling. Casino State is a timely collection that examines the controversial role of the state as a...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2009
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the shape of legalized gambling in Canada / James F. Cosgrave and Thomas R. Klassen
- Part one. Morality, markets, and the state ; 'Blood money' : gambling and the formation of civic morality / William Ramp and Kerry Badgley
- Governing the gambling citizen : the state, consumption, and risk / James F. Cosgrave
- Part two. Comparative gambling policy frameworks ; Canadian gambling policies / Colin S. Campbell
- Gambling policy and regulation in Australia / Jan McMillen
- Part three. Governments and gambling policy ; Policies of gambling legitimation and expansion in Ontario / Thomas R. Klassen and James F. Cosgrave
- Government as gambling regulator and operator : the case of electronic gaming machines / Ray MacNeil
- Part four. Gambling and social issues ; Gambling-related crime in a major Canadian city / Garry J. Smith, Timothy F. Hartnagel and Harold Wynne
- Youth gambling : a Canadian perspective / Jeffrey L. Derevensky
- Appendix A. Major Canadian gambling resources
- Appendix B. Problem gambling helplines.