The Sociology of Risk and Gambling ReaderJames F. Cosgrave Taylor & Francis, 2006 - Počet stran: 435 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. |
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Editors Introduction | 1 |
Section 1 Sociological Approaches to Risk and Gambling | 25 |
Chapter 1 Fate Risk and Security | 29 |
Chapter 2 Risk Society Revisited | 61 |
Chapter 3 Risk and Governmentality | 85 |
Chapter 4 Gambling as a Sociological Problem | 101 |
Section 2 Gambling HistoriesSubcultures | 121 |
Chapter 5 The Pursuit of Chance | 125 |
Chapter 12 Where the Action Is | 225 |
Chapter 13 The Experience of Play | 255 |
Chapter 14 Good Losers | 291 |
Section 4 The State Regulation and Politics | 315 |
Chapter 15 State Lotteries and the Legitimation of Inequality | 319 |
Chapter 16 From the Law of Insurance to the Law of Lottery | 339 |
Chapter 17 The Pathological Gambler and the Government of Gambling | 355 |
Chapter 18 Busted Flush | 391 |
Chapter 6 On Some Motifs in Baudelaire | 143 |
Chapter 7 Observations on Gambling in a LowerClass Setting1 | 149 |
Chapter 8 Entertainment or Imprudence? | 163 |
Chapter 9 Playing with Hope and Despair | 185 |
Chapter 10 Notes on a Theory of Gambling | 211 |
Chapter 11 The Adventurer | 215 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 411 |
Permissions | 417 |
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Back cover | 437 |
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