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041			_aEnglish
082			_222 _a363.42 _bORF
100			_aOrford, Jim
245			_aAn unsafe bet ? : _bThe dangerous rise of gambling and the debate we should be having / _cJim Orford
250			_a1st
260			_aMalden, MA : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2011.
300			_aviii, 282 p.; _billustrations; _c24 cm.
500			_aHB
505			_aSection I: Gambling is Growing. The Extraordinary International Growth of Gambling -- _tSection II: Gambling is Dangerous. Gambling Addiction -- _tSection III: Gambling is Controversial. Discourses of Gambling: Eleven Ways of Talking about the Subject -- _tSection IV: Gambling Expansion is not being Challenged. Governments are Complicit in Supporting the Interests of the Gambling Industry --
520			_aAn Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having reveals how gambling represents a danger to public health due to its inherent addiction potential, which is being intentionally downplayed by the gambling industry and governments. Lays bare the extent of gambling and its effects on societyExposes the dilemma for policy makers, who are charged with protecting public health but also increasingly dependent on revenues earned from gamblingWritten by Jim Orford, an internationally respected authority on the topicInternational examples broaden the argument and reveal the global stakes involved.
650			_aGambling. Compulsive gambling.
650			_aSOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
690			_aDept of Social Works
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS