Understanding Problem Gambling
The Interaction of Personal and Structural Processes
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In our attempts to understand human issues we tend to fragment or reduce them and distort them in the process. Very often the object of study then bears little resemblance to real life experiences and processes. In remedy, this book proposes an integrative framework to assist in understanding social phenomena in general and problematic gambling in particular. Drawing on a range of theorists from physics, biology and social theory and following a critique of positivist trends in the gambling research literature, a holistic, process-based approach is presented. This framework is then road tested...
In our attempts to understand human issues we tend
to fragment or reduce them and distort them in the
process. Very often the object of study then bears
little resemblance to real life experiences and
processes. In remedy, this book proposes an
integrative framework to assist in understanding
social phenomena in general and problematic gambling
in particular. Drawing on a range of theorists from
physics, biology and social theory and following a
critique of positivist trends in the gambling
research literature, a holistic, process-based
approach is presented. This framework is then road
tested with a focus on electronic gaming
machine addiction . It is concluded that the
directions of the gambling industry have been
primarily determined by corporate principles and
imperatives and that these are deeply implicated in
problematic gambling. This book will assist people
concerned with social theory as well those who are
involved in its application to human problems and
aspirations. It includes information and ideas that
will be of interest to people from many walks of
life, including academics, policy makers, students,
support workers and activists.
to fragment or reduce them and distort them in the
process. Very often the object of study then bears
little resemblance to real life experiences and
processes. In remedy, this book proposes an
integrative framework to assist in understanding
social phenomena in general and problematic gambling
in particular. Drawing on a range of theorists from
physics, biology and social theory and following a
critique of positivist trends in the gambling
research literature, a holistic, process-based
approach is presented. This framework is then road
tested with a focus on electronic gaming
machine addiction . It is concluded that the
directions of the gambling industry have been
primarily determined by corporate principles and
imperatives and that these are deeply implicated in
problematic gambling. This book will assist people
concerned with social theory as well those who are
involved in its application to human problems and
aspirations. It includes information and ideas that
will be of interest to people from many walks of
life, including academics, policy makers, students,
support workers and activists.
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