Internet Gambling Offshore [electronic resource] : Caribbean Struggles over Casino Capitalism /
Cooper, A.author.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of 'Casino Capitalism'.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reconfiguring Casino Capitalism; 1 Virtual Vice or Innovative Virtue?; 2 The US Takes a Hard Line: Stigmatizing the Internet Gambling Industry; 3 Antigua Responds: The Commercialization of Diplomacy; 4 Taking the Struggle (through the WTO) to the US; 5 The Global Reach of the 'Big Chill' on Internet Gambling; 6 The Big Implications of a Small but Straddling Case; Notes; References; Index
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of 'Casino Capitalism'.
International relations.
Economic policy.
Diplomacy.
Economic development.
Political economy.
Globalization.
International Relations.
Development Policy.
Diplomacy.
Development Studies.
International Political Economy.
Globalization.