An unsafe bet? : the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having / Jim Orford.
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TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: viii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780470661192
- 0470661194
- 9780470661208
- 0470661208
- 363.4/2 22
- HV6710 .O74 2011
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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.
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