TY  - BOOK
AU  - Orford,Jim
TI  - An unsafe bet?: the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having 
SN  - 9780470661192
AV  - HV6710 .O74 2011
U1  - 363.4/2 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Compulsive gambling
N1  - 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
ER  -