The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Cosgrave, James

• Format: ePub

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: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136747670
• Artikelnr.: 38270860

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