Global Gambling (eBook, ePUB)

Cultural Perspectives on Gambling Organizations
Redaktion: Kingma, Sytze F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While most research has examined the legal, economic and psychological sides of gambling, this innovative collection offers a wide range of cultural perspectives on gambling organizations. Contributors not only examine the global influence of commercial gambling, but also demonstrate how the local qualities of gambling organizations remain unique.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135201753
• Artikelnr.: 38263217

Autorenporträt

Sytze F. Kingma is Senior Lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the field of organizational space and technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Global Gambling Sytze F. Kingma Part 1: Gambling Backgrounds
1. A Question of Money? The Founding of Two Finnish Gambling Monopolies
Riitta Matilainen 2. Into the Zone: Innovating in the Australian Poker
Machine Industry Richard Woolley and Charles Livingstone 3. Gambling with
Development: Comparing Casino Legalization in South Africa with Indian
Gambling in California Jeffrey J. Sallaz Part 2: Gambling Scenes 4.
Ethnography in a Casino: Social Dynamics at Blackjack Tables Richard A.
Marksbury 5. Making Friends, Making Money: Macau's Traditional VIP Casino
System Wuyi Wang and Peter Zabielskis 6. Dutch Casino Space: The Spatial
Construction of Pleasure Sytze F. Kingma Part 3: Gambling Contexts 7. 'You
Could Become a Millionaire': Truth, Deception, and Imagination in Gambling
Advertising Per Binde 8. Balancing Rules: Gambling Consumption at Home
Anita Borch 9. Subjects in a State: Cultural Economies of Gambling Fiona
Nicoll