Gambling, Losses and Self-Esteem: An Interactionist Approach to the Betting Shop

ISBN-13: 9781032085272 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str.

Cormac MC Namara

Opis

This book provides new insights into contemporary betting shops. Adopting an interactionist approach, it examines the process of ‘blame-shifting’ as collective attempt to repair self-esteem in the wake of financial losses and considers the role of announcements made in betting shops in creating an atmosphere of inclusion.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Research Approach  3. Responsibility-Shifting – part I & part II  4. Betting and Belonging  5. The Early Days of the Irish Betting Shop – 1926-1930  6. Gambling and Work in the 21^st Century  7. Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Cormac Mc Namara is Lecturer in Social Science in the Faculty of Education at Northeast Normal University in China.