Gambling for Profit : Historical Contingency and Jagged Growth /

Gambling for Profit is unique among studies of gambling's twentieth-century growth thanks to Kerry G.E. Chambers's strong analytical framework - investigating not only the political aspects of legalization, but also the sociocultural factors that influence popular adoption. Chambers provid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers, Kerry, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jeux de hasard > Aspect economique.
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect social.
Jeux de hasard > Études transculturelles.
Gambling > Social aspects.
Gambling > Government policy.
Gambling > Economic aspects.
Gambling.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Gambling > Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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