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Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Hardcover): Rebecca Cassidy Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Hardcover)
Rebecca Cassidy
R2,731 Discovery Miles 27 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gambling is everywhere, on our TVs and phones, on billboards on our streets, and emblazoned across the chests of idolised sports stars. Why has gambling suddenly expanded? How was it transformed from a criminal activity to a respectable business run by multinational corporations listed on international stock markets? And who are the winners and losers created by this transformation? Vicious Games is based on field research with the people who produce, shape and consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and 'responsible gambling' around the world. She reveals how the industry extracts wealth from some of our poorest communities, and examines the adverse health effects on those battling gambling addiction. The gambling industry has become increasingly profitable and influential, emboldened by thirty years of supportive government policies and boosted by unnatural profits. Through an anthropological excavation, Vicious Games opens up this process, with the intention of creating alternative, more equitable futures.

Qualitative Research in Gambling - Exploring the production and consumption of risk (Paperback): Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea Pisac,... Qualitative Research in Gambling - Exploring the production and consumption of risk (Paperback)
Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea Pisac, Claire Loussouarn
R1,396 Discovery Miles 13 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gambling is both a multi-billion dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating innovative and mixed methodologies that are flexible, responsive and 'agile'. This book seeks to demonstrate that researchers should look beyond the existing disciplinary territory and the dominant paradigm of 'problem gambling' in order to follow those changes across territorial, political, technical, regulatory and conceptual boundaries. The book draws on cutting-edge qualitative work in disciplines including anthropology, history and media studies to explore the production and consumption of risk, risky places, risk technology, the gambling industry, and connections between gambling and other kinds of speculation such as financial derivatives. In doing so it addresses some of the most important issues in contemporary social science, including the challenges of studying deterritorialised social phenomena; globalizing technologies and local markets; regulation as it operates across local, regional and international scales; globalization, and the rise of games, virtual worlds, and social media.

Qualitative Research in Gambling - Exploring the production and consumption of risk (Hardcover, New): Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea... Qualitative Research in Gambling - Exploring the production and consumption of risk (Hardcover, New)
Rebecca Cassidy, Andrea Pisac, Claire Loussouarn
R4,085 Discovery Miles 40 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. Gambling is both a multi-billion-dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating innovative and mixed methodologies that are flexible, responsive and 'agile'. This book seeks to demonstrate that researchers should look beyond the existing disciplinary territory and the dominant paradigm of 'problem gambling' in order to follow those changes across territorial, political, technical, regulatory and conceptual boundaries. The book draws on cutting-edge qualitative work in disciplines including geography, organisational studies, sociology, East Asian studies and anthropology to explore the production and consumption of risk, risky places, risk technologies, the gambling industry and connections between gambling and other kinds of speculation such as financial derivatives. In doing so it addresses some of the most important issues in contemporary social science, including: the challenges of studying deterritorialised social phenomena; globalising technologies and local markets; regulation as it operates across local, regional and international scales; and the rise of games, virtual worlds and social media.

Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Paperback): Rebecca Cassidy Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Paperback)
Rebecca Cassidy
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gambling is everywhere, on our TVs and phones, on billboards on our streets, and emblazoned across the chests of idolised sports stars. Why has gambling suddenly expanded? How was it transformed from a criminal activity to a respectable business run by multinational corporations listed on international stock markets? And who are the winners and losers created by this transformation? Vicious Games is based on field research with the people who produce, shape and consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and 'responsible gambling' around the world. She reveals how the industry extracts wealth from some of our poorest communities, and examines the adverse health effects on those battling gambling addiction. The gambling industry has become increasingly profitable and influential, emboldened by thirty years of supportive government policies and boosted by unnatural profits. Through an anthropological excavation, Vicious Games opens up this process, with the intention of creating alternative, more equitable futures.

Where the Wild Things Are Now - Domestication Reconsidered (Hardcover): Rebecca Cassidy, Molly Mullin Where the Wild Things Are Now - Domestication Reconsidered (Hardcover)
Rebecca Cassidy, Molly Mullin
R4,080 Discovery Miles 40 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Domestication has often seemed a matter of the distant past, a series of distinct events involving humans and other species that took place long ago. Today, as genetic manipulation continues to break new barriers in scientific and medical research, we appear to be entering an age of biological control. Are we also writing a new chapter in the history of domestication? "Where the Wild Things Are Now" explores the relevance of domestication for anthropologists and scholars in related fields who are concerned with understanding ongoing change in processes affecting humans as well as other species. From the pet food industry and its critics to salmon farming in Tasmania, the protection of endangered species in Vietnam and the pigeon fanciers who influenced Darwin, "Where the Wild Things Are Now" provides an urgently needed re-examination of the concept of domestication against the shifting background of relationships between humans, animals and plants.

Where the Wild Things Are Now - Domestication Reconsidered (Paperback): Rebecca Cassidy, Molly Mullin Where the Wild Things Are Now - Domestication Reconsidered (Paperback)
Rebecca Cassidy, Molly Mullin
R978 Discovery Miles 9 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Domestication has often seemed a matter of the distant past, a series of distinct events involving humans and other species that took place long ago. Today, as genetic manipulation continues to break new barriers in scientific and medical research, we appear to be entering an age of biological control. Are we also writing a new chapter in the history of domestication? "Where the Wild Things Are Now" explores the relevance of domestication for anthropologists and scholars in related fields who are concerned with understanding ongoing change in processes affecting humans as well as other species. From the pet food industry and its critics to salmon farming in Tasmania, the protection of endangered species in Vietnam and the pigeon fanciers who influenced Darwin, "Where the Wild Things Are Now" provides an urgently needed re-examination of the concept of domestication against the shifting background of relationships between humans, animals and plants.

The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing (Hardcover, New): Rebecca Cassidy The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing (Hardcover, New)
Rebecca Cassidy
R1,903 Discovery Miles 19 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

People have been racing horses for thousands of years, all over the world. Yet horseracing is often presented as an English creation that was exported, unaltered, to the colonies. This Companion investigates the intersection of racing and literature, art, history and finance, casting the sport as the product of cross-class, cosmopolitan and international influences. Chapters on racing history and the origins of the thoroughbred demonstrate how the gift of a fast horse could forge alliances between nations, and the extent to which international power dynamics can be traced back to racetracks and breeding sheds. Leading scholars and journalists draw on original research and firsthand experience to create portraits of the racetracks of Newmarket, Kentucky, the Curragh, and Hunter Valley, exposing readers to new racing frontiers in China and Dubai as well. A unique resource for fans and scholars alike, reopening essential questions regarding the legacy and importance of horseracing today.

The Sport of Kings - Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket (Paperback): Rebecca Cassidy The Sport of Kings - Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket (Paperback)
Rebecca Cassidy
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique "behind the scenes" description of British flat racing is based on first hand experiences in Newmarket, the Suffolk town regarded as the international headquarters of the sport. Cassidy offers an insider's look at the rituals of horseracing--including those on the racecourse and at the bloodstock auction--and shows how racing, betting and the bloodstock industry are connected. Her insightful descriptions of the class structure of Newmarket explain how racing professionals preserve both the sport and their status quo.

The Sport of Kings - Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket (Hardcover): Rebecca Cassidy The Sport of Kings - Kinship, Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket (Hardcover)
Rebecca Cassidy
R2,162 R1,983 Discovery Miles 19 830 Save R179 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique "behind the scenes" description of British flat racing is based on first hand experiences in Newmarket, the Suffolk town regarded as the international headquarters of the sport. Cassidy offers an insider's look at the rituals of horseracing--including those on the racecourse and at the bloodstock auction--and shows how racing, betting and the bloodstock industry are connected. Her insightful descriptions of the class structure of Newmarket explain how racing professionals preserve both the sport and their status quo.

Women at Work - Successful Tips for Working Together (Paperback): Rebecca Cassidy Women at Work - Successful Tips for Working Together (Paperback)
Rebecca Cassidy
R492 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R74 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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