James F. Cosgrave (ed.)

The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader

Herausgeber: Cosgrave, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This reader contributes to the sociology of gambling, and offers a variety of sociological approaches, ranging from classical sociological analyses of gambling to contemporary sociological approaches to risk.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780415952224
• ISBN-10: 0415952220
• Artikelnr.: 22297838

Autorenporträt

James F. Cosgrave is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Editor's Introduction: Gambling
Risk
and Late Capitalism
Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling
Section 2 Gambling Histories/(Sub)cultures
Section 3 Adventure
Action
and Play: Gambling as Social Action
Section 4 The State
Regulation
and Politics
Suggestions for Further Reading
Permissions
Index