An unsafe bet? : the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having /
Orford, Jim.
An unsafe bet? : the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having / Jim Orford. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - viii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The extraordinary international growth of gambling -- The rise of gambling in Britain -- Gambling addiction -- Modern addiction theory applied to gambling -- Does the fault lie in the person or in the product? -- Discourses of gambling: eleven ways of talking about the subject -- Public attitudes towards gambling are negative -- The costs and benefits of gambling for society: a hotly contested subject -- Governments are complicit in supporting the interests of the gambling industry -- Trapped: the disempowering effects of failure to challenge gambling expansion -- Conclusions and recommendations: the debate we should be having.
9780470661192 0470661194 9780470661208 0470661208
2010027834
Gambling.
Compulsive gambling.
HV6710 / .O74 2011
363.4/2
An unsafe bet? : the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having / Jim Orford. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - viii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The extraordinary international growth of gambling -- The rise of gambling in Britain -- Gambling addiction -- Modern addiction theory applied to gambling -- Does the fault lie in the person or in the product? -- Discourses of gambling: eleven ways of talking about the subject -- Public attitudes towards gambling are negative -- The costs and benefits of gambling for society: a hotly contested subject -- Governments are complicit in supporting the interests of the gambling industry -- Trapped: the disempowering effects of failure to challenge gambling expansion -- Conclusions and recommendations: the debate we should be having.
9780470661192 0470661194 9780470661208 0470661208
2010027834
Gambling.
Compulsive gambling.
HV6710 / .O74 2011
363.4/2