Deindustrialization and Casinos: A Winning Hand?

ISBN-13: 9780367560843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 206 str.

Opis

Through a study of Windsor - Canada’s automotive capital - as a pilot site for casino development in Ontario, this book considers what casino developments do - and do not do - for host communities in terms of economic growth, asking whether they constitute a ready answer to the problems of industrial and economic decline.

Spis treści

Introduction;  1. Windsor, Ontario: A "Company Town";  2. Casino Windsor: A "Grassroots" Movement and a State-Down Initiative;  3. Casino Windsor as a Response to NAFTA and Automotive Job Loss;  4. The Canadian Auto Workers, the New Democratic Party, and the Casino Industry: A Struggle over Wages;  5. Casino Windsor Jobs: From Opportunity to Immobility and Precarity;  Conclusion;  Appendix A;  Appendix B;  Appendix C

O autorze

Alissa Mazar, PhD, was a doctoral candidate at McGill University, Canada, and a research project manager and research associate in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, when this book was written. She currently works at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada as a Policy Officer in the Tourism Branch. The research and views expressed in this book in no way reflect the views of the Government of Canada.