Gambling for Profit provides a dynamic model to explore the legalization of gambling and stresses the inadequacy of seeking universal explanations for gambling's entrenchment within particular cultures.
Gambling for Profit provides a dynamic model to explore the legalization of gambling and stresses the inadequacy of seeking universal explanations for gambling's entrenchment within particular cultures.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kerry G.E. Chambers lectures in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University.
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Illustrations Tables Preface 1. The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework 2. Enabling and Constraining Factors that Influence Adoption 3. The Adoption Process * Impetus for Adoption * State Influences on Adoption * Sociocultural Contexts of Adoption * The Likelihood of Adoption and Participation 4. Methodology: The Comparative Historical Approach 5. Conclusions 6. Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes * Welfare Regimes in Late Modernity * Casinos in the Welfare Regimes * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in the Welfare Regimes * Lotteries in the Welfare Regimes * Governmentality: From Protection to Risk * Conclusions 7. Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States 8. Impetus for Casino Adoption 9. Global Factors * National and Subnational Impetus 10. Intervening Social Factors Affecting Casino Adoption * Religion * Crime, Corruption, and Social Disorder 11. Likelihood of Adoption * Motivation and the Likelihood of Adoption * Mobilization and the Likelihood of Adoption * Governance and the Likelihood of Adoption 12. Summary 13. Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Australia * Canada * United States * Aboriginal Groups 14. Summary 15. Conclusions 16. Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States 17. Gambling as a Cultural Commodity 18. Cultural Differences among Australia, Canada, and the United States * Shared Social Values and Legitimacy Building 19. Adoption of Lotteries in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Lotteries in Australia * Lotteries in Canada * Lotteries in the United States 20. Summary 21. Gaming Machines Outside Casinos 22. Adoption of GMOCs in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in Australia * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in Canada * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in the United States 23. Summary 24. Conclusions 25. Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts * The Analytical Framework: Comparing Australia, Canada, and the United States o Impetus to Adopt o Welfare Regime/Polity/Degree of Centralization o Access to the Polity o The Sociocultural Contexts of Adoption o The Likelihood of Adoption Notes Glossary References Index
Illustrations Tables Preface 1. The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework 2. Enabling and Constraining Factors that Influence Adoption 3. The Adoption Process * Impetus for Adoption * State Influences on Adoption * Sociocultural Contexts of Adoption * The Likelihood of Adoption and Participation 4. Methodology: The Comparative Historical Approach 5. Conclusions 6. Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes * Welfare Regimes in Late Modernity * Casinos in the Welfare Regimes * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in the Welfare Regimes * Lotteries in the Welfare Regimes * Governmentality: From Protection to Risk * Conclusions 7. Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States 8. Impetus for Casino Adoption 9. Global Factors * National and Subnational Impetus 10. Intervening Social Factors Affecting Casino Adoption * Religion * Crime, Corruption, and Social Disorder 11. Likelihood of Adoption * Motivation and the Likelihood of Adoption * Mobilization and the Likelihood of Adoption * Governance and the Likelihood of Adoption 12. Summary 13. Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Australia * Canada * United States * Aboriginal Groups 14. Summary 15. Conclusions 16. Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States 17. Gambling as a Cultural Commodity 18. Cultural Differences among Australia, Canada, and the United States * Shared Social Values and Legitimacy Building 19. Adoption of Lotteries in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Lotteries in Australia * Lotteries in Canada * Lotteries in the United States 20. Summary 21. Gaming Machines Outside Casinos 22. Adoption of GMOCs in Australia, Canada, and the United States * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in Australia * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in Canada * Gaming Machines Outside Casinos in the United States 23. Summary 24. Conclusions 25. Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts * The Analytical Framework: Comparing Australia, Canada, and the United States o Impetus to Adopt o Welfare Regime/Polity/Degree of Centralization o Access to the Polity o The Sociocultural Contexts of Adoption o The Likelihood of Adoption Notes Glossary References Index
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