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Gambling Work And Leisure Routledge Revivals
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Author : David Downes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-17
Gambling Work And Leisure Routledge Revivals written by David Downes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-17 with Social Science categories.
Since the legalisation of off-course cash betting in 1960, and the rise of varying forms of gambling, the British have come to be known as a nation of gamblers. Until this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling had become a major social problem. The authors present data drawn from area surveys carried out in Swansea, Sheffield, Wanstead and Woodford, and explore how well previous sociological theories of gambling agree with their findings, particular in connection with certain aspects of work and leisure. Examining different forms of gambling, including betting, bingo and gaming machines, the chapters consider how gambling choices vary between different social groups, and how much time and money is spent on them. With the internet making it easier than ever before to place bets, this title is especially relevant, and provides a systematic basis for an explanation of gambling in relation to social structure.
Gambling Work And Leisure
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Author : David M. Downes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Gambling Work And Leisure written by David M. Downes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Work And Leisure
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Author : John Trevor Haworth
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
Work And Leisure written by John Trevor Haworth and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Labor categories.
This book brings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts in a wide range of disciplines concerned with work, leisure and well-being to discuss key, topical issues.
Card Sharps And Bucket Shops
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Author : Ann Fabian
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16
Card Sharps And Bucket Shops written by Ann Fabian and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.
In a highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural, social and business history, Ann Fabian details the place of gambling in industrializing America. Card Sharps and Bucket Shops investigates the relationship between gambling and other ways of making profit, such as speculation and land investment, which became entrenched during the nineteenth century. While all these undertakings ran counter to deeply ingrained American--and Protestant--work ethics, only gambling took on a stigma that made other efforts to acquire wealth socially acceptable. Fabian considers here the reformers who sought to ban gambling; psychological explanations for the deviant gambler; numbers games in the African American community; and efforts by speculators to draw distinctions between their own activities and gambling. She combines first-rate cultural analysis with rigorous research, and along the way provides a wealth of colorful details, characters and anecdotes.
Man S Work And Leisure
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Author : N Anderson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Man S Work And Leisure written by N Anderson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with Social Science categories.
The Labor Of Luck
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Author : Jeff Sallaz
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2009-10-02
The Labor Of Luck written by Jeff Sallaz and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-02 with Social Science categories.
In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political and economic history with his own personal experience, Sallaz provides a riveting account of two years spent working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses, and politicians. While the popular imagination sees the Nevada casino as a hedonistic world of consumption, The Labor of Luck shows that the "Vegas experience" is made possible only through a variety of systems regulating labor, capital, and consumers, and that because of these complex dynamics, the Vegas casino cannot be seamlessly picked up and replicated elsewhere. Sallaz's fresh and path-breaking approach reveals how neo-liberal versus post-colonial forms of governance produce divergent worlds at the tables, and how politics, profits, and pleasure have come together to shape everyday life in the new economy.
Gambling Cultures
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Author : Jan McMillen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-12-20
Gambling Cultures written by Jan McMillen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-20 with Art categories.
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The New Politics Of Leisure And Pleasure
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Author : P. Bramham
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-11-29
The New Politics Of Leisure And Pleasure written by P. Bramham and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship.
Gambling Losses And Self Esteem
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Author : Cormac Mc Namara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-18
Gambling Losses And Self Esteem written by Cormac Mc Namara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-18 with Games & Activities categories.
This book provides new insights into contemporary betting shops, with a particular focus on the manner in which losing bets are dealt with by customers. Drawing on research undertaken in Ireland, it demonstrates that customers tend to shift responsibility for monetary losses onto factors external to themselves as part of a collective process engaged in to restore self-esteem, and considers the role played by announcements made in betting shops in creating an atmosphere of inclusion - and the implications of this for ‘problem gambling’. Through an analysis of newspaper representations of the first legally operating betting shops in Ireland, which opened in the 1920s, the author places the contemporary betting shop in historical context and examines trends in gambling across the British Isles with reference to social class and the security or precarity of work. An interactionist study not only of gambling but also of responsibility and the connection between the micro-world and social structures, this volume will appeal to sociologists with interests in symbolic interactionism and strategies of blame.
Gambling Cultures
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Author : Jan McMillen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-12-20
Gambling Cultures written by Jan McMillen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-20 with Art categories.
From bingo in the United Kingdom to slots in Las Vegas and Sydney, to `jambo' in Cameroon, gambling is a feature of societies across the world. Gambling Cultures explores the complex relationship between cash and culture as gambling emerges as a global phenomenon. Traditional accounts of gambling's pleasures and dangers talk in terms of addiction, compulsion, greed and profit. By contrast, this work focuses on modern gambling as it has emerged as a commercial industry, analyzing the ambiguous relationship between morality and risk taking and studies the contradictory stance of governments. Providing a range of case studies from Africa, Australia, the USA and Europe, Gambling Cultures offers a unique, comparative framework for the historical and cultural analysis of contemporary gambling practices.