Casino State : : Legalized Gambling in Canada / / James Cosgrave, Thomas Klassen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cosgrave, James ,; Klassen, Thomas,
• MitwirkendeR: Badgley, Kerry,; Campbell, Colin S.,; Cosgrave, James F.,; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.,; Hartnagel, Timothy F.,; Klassen, Thomas R.,; Macneil, Ray,; McMillen, Jan,; Ramp, William,; Smith, Garry J.,; Wynne, Harold,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)

While there has been an unprecedented explosion of legalized gambling in Canada - particularly in the form of casinos and electronic games - the public has become increasingly aware of addictions to gambling. Casino State is a timely collection that examines the controversial role of the state as a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: The Shape of Legalized Gambling in Canada
• PART ONE. Morality, Markets, and the State
• 2. 'Blood Money': Gambling and the Formation of Civic Morality
• 3. Governing the Gambling Citizen: The State, Consumption, and Risk
• PART TWO. Comparative Gambling Policy Frameworks
• 4. Canadian Gambling Policies
• 5. Gambling Policy and Regulation in Australia
• PART THREE. Governments and Gambling Policy
• 6. The Policies of Gambling Legitimation and Expansion in Ontario
• 7. Government as Gambling Regulator and Operator: The Case of Electronic Gaming Machines
• PART FOUR. Gambling and Social Issues
• 8. Gambling-Related Crime in a Major Canadian City
• 9. Youth Gambling: A Canadian Perspective
• Appendix A. Major Canadian Gambling Resources
• Appendix B. Problem Gambling Helplines
• Bibliography
• Index