Kasey Henricks, David G Embrick

State Looteries

Historical Continuity, Rearticulations of Racism, and American Taxation

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Produktbeschreibung

Fifty years ago, familiar images of the lottery would have been strange, as no state lottery existed then. Few researchers have uncovered the obscure role lotteries play in the changing composition of American taxation. Even less is known about what role race plays in this process. More than simply taxing those on the social margins, the emergen

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780367596170
• ISBN-10: 0367596172
• Artikelnr.: 69893960

Autorenporträt

Kasey Henricks is a Law and Social Science Fellow at the American Bar Foundation and a Ph.D. Student in Sociology at Loyola University Chicago. David G. Embrick is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Loyola University Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Racialized Taxation: Furthering Racialized Social Systems Theory
[Eduardo Bonilla-Silva]
Introduction: Black Dollars, White Pockets: Looting by Another Name
1. "No Taxation Without Discrimination": "The Lottery Tax," State Finance,
and Racism
2. Lottery Studies and Their Discontents: A Critical Review
3. "Mad as Hell" Tax Rebels and a Changing Tax Composition: A Historical
Corrective for How State Lotteries Emerged
4. Dissecting the Evolution of Lotteries and Their Racial Implications
5. Who Plays? Who Pays?: A Case Study of Illinois
6. The Hidden Mechanisms of Racism: Placing Lotteries in Broader Contexts
of How Race Works in America
Postscript: Going All In: Available Policy Alternatives
Appendix A: Supplementary Material
Appendix B: Methods