Rebecca Cassidy

Vicious Games

Capitalism and Gambling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on over ten years experience working in the industry, this is an expose of the gambling business

Produktdetails

• Anthropology, Culture and Society
• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9780745340395
• ISBN-10: 0745340393
• Artikelnr.: 58341249

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Cassidy is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths University. She is the co-author of Qualitative Research in Gambling: Exploring the Production and Consumption of Risk (Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Gambling's New Deal
2. Raffles: Gambling for Good
3. The Birth of the Betting Shop
4. The Rise of the Machines
5. The Responsible Gambling Myth
6. The Bookmaker's Lament
7. Online in Gibraltar
8. The Regulation Game
Conclusions
Notes
References
Index