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Rebecca Cassidy

Vicious Games

Capitalism and Gambling

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Gambling is everywhere, on our TVs and phones, on billboards on our streets, and emblazoned across the chests of idolised sports stars. Why has gambling suddenly expanded? How was it transformed from a criminal activity to a respectable business run by multinational corporations listed on international stock markets? And who are the winners and losers created by this transformation?Vicious Games is based on field research with the people who produce, shape and consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7453-4039-5
  • EAN: 9780745340395
  • Produktnummer: 32690270
  • Verlag: Pluto Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 223 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 326 g
  • Gewicht: 326

Über den Autor


Rebecca Cassidy is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths University. She is the co-author of Qualitative Research in Gambling: Exploring the Production and Consumption of Risk (Routledge).

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