Problem Gambling in Canada

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-544528-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: Issues in Canada

Gambling is a huge business in Canada, producing vast revenue for investors, as well as for the government. Yet for hundreds of thousands of Canadians, gambling is a costly and consuming addiction. The gambling industry, and the government regulators who oversee it, insist that gambling problems are isolated, personal issues that are best addressed on an individual level. However, new research paints a different picture: gambling is an addiction and a public health issue.

A short overview shows how many aspects of gambling have remained constant throughout history. More recently, however, the Internet has expanded the range of ways people can gamble, and has drawn many younger people into online betting. The book also evaluates the role social and cultural forces play in gambling, often glamorizing and encouraging risk-taking. As gambling increases, so do its associated problems; while it may appear harmless at first, gambling too often destroys lives.

Finally, a clear discussion of the economic interests involved in gambling reveals the full nature of the problem, exploring why people disagree about how-and how much-to regulate gambling.

Zielgruppe

This short, accessible introduction will be of interest to the general reader interested in how gambling is framed as a social and political issue. Students of sociology and social work will also look to this book for the latest Canadian research and data on the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tepperman, Lorne

Wanner, Kristy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Gambling: Its Pleasures and Costs
2. Gambling in Historical Perspective: Canada and the World
3. Gambling in the Media
4. The Voices of Problem Gamblers
5. The Gambling Career
6. Gambling and the Workplace
7. Sports Wagering
8. Internet Gambling
9. Youth Gambling
10. Sources of Information on Gambling
11. The Great Gambling Debate
12. Unresolved Questions
Appendix: Prevention Programs in Canada
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wanner, Kristy
Kristy Wanner is originally from Toronto. She recently finished her Ph.D. at University of Missouri and developed a nationally recognized gambling prevention program for university campuses.

Tepperman, Lorne
Lorne Tepperman is a professor of sociology at University of Toronto. He is the author of Betting Their Lives: The Close Relations of Problem Gamblers (OUP, 2008), as well as many books on sociology in Canada.

Lorne Tepperman is a professor of sociology at University of Toronto. He is the author of Betting Their Lives: The Close Relations of Problem Gamblers (OUP, 2008), as well as many books on sociology in Canada.

Kristy Wanner is originally from Toronto. She recently finished her Ph.D. at University of Missouri and developed a nationally recognized gambling prevention program for university campuses.