Screen LibraryAn unsafe bet? the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having /
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470972977 |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470972977 (electronic bk.) 0470972971 (electronic bk.) 9780470973066 (electronic bk.) 0470973064 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HV6710 |
| CLC: | F719.5 |
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Front Matter -- Section I: Gambling is Growing. The Extraordinary International Growth of Gambling -- The Rise of Gambling in Britain -- Section II: Gambling is Dangerous. Gambling Addiction -- Modern Addiction Theory Applied to Gambling -- Does the Fault Lie in the Person or in the Product? -- Section III: Gambling is Controversial. 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 -- Section IV: Gambling Expansion is not being Challenged. Governments 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 recommendat |