An unsafe bet?
Subtitle: the dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having
By: Jim Orford
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780470661192; 9780470661208
Subjects: Gambling; Compulsive gambling
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The extraordinary international growth of gambling; title: The rise of gambling in Britain; title: Gambling addiction; title: Modern addiction theory applied to gambling; title: Does the fault lie in the person or in the product?; title: Discourses of gambling: eleven ways of talking about the subject; title: Public attitudes towards gambling are negative; title: The costs and benefits of gambling for society: a hotly contested subject; title: Governments are complicit in supporting the interests of the gambling industry; title: Trapped: the disempowering effects of failure to challenge gambling expansion; title: Conclusions and recommendations: the debate we should be having.