448 Pages
by
Routledge
448 Pages
by
Routledge
448 Pages
by
Routledge
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This reader contributes to the sociology of gambling, and offers a variety of sociological approaches, ranging from classical sociological analyses of gambling to contemporary sociological approaches to risk.
Acknowledgments, Editor’s Introduction: Gambling, Risk, and Late Capitalism, Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling, Section 2 Gambling Histories/(Sub)cultures, Section 3 Adventure, Action, and Play: Gambling as Social Action, Section 4 The State, Regulation, and Politics, Suggestions for Further Reading, Permissions, Index
Biography
James F. Cosgrave is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada.
