Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses? (Contemporary Issues Series)
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Book Description
Gambling is a topic that arouses a wide range of passionate and often controversial opinions. Is it a harmless pastime or a dangerous addiction? Does it corrupt government at all levels and undermine the social fabric or has gambling contributed much-needed funds to local communities? Whether we like it or not, gambling is now a major economic force in the United States. It pays 2.9 billion in taxes each year, creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, and as an industry it has expanded tenfold in the last twenty-five years.
This illuminating book provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking collection of articles by internationally recognized experts in the study of gambling--doctors and lawyers, journalists and academics. It presents a diverse range of perspectives on the issue of gambling: from legal, political, and economic, to social, psychological, and ethical. Although many of the essays are strongly argued, the collection as a whole offers a balanced range of viewpoints and arguments, allowing readers to decide for themselves what role gambling should play in our society. Among the topics discussed are casino gambling and crime, lotteries, Internet gambling, the nature and extent of gambling addiction, Native American gambling, and the role of gambling in various parts of the world.
The insightful articles in this entertaining and informative multidisciplinary volume will provide readers with a thorough overview of the issues involved and will help clarify one of the most important debates of our time.
About the Author
Gerda Reith, Ph.D., is assistant professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and the author of THE AGE OF CHANCE: GAMBLING IN WESTERN CULTURE, which won the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize in 2000.
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