High Stakes Casinos and Controversies
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6076908 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Louise Simmons (University of Connecticut, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2000 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 47-69 |
| Data de publicação | 2000-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j125v07n02_03 |
| OpenAlex | W2041652818 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 11 |
With the expansion of casino gambling across the United States, casino proposals generate huge controversy and increasingly pose challenges for community organizing. This article analyzes the impact of controversies over casino proposals in Hartford and elsewhere in Connecticut. In Connecticut, after the establishment of Fox-woods Casino of Native American lands, casino proposals were considered for Hartford and other locations. Within a unique constellation of local and statewide forces, a heated public debate ensued that was extremely divisive for the local community. As an economic development strategy for distressed communities casinos present tantalizing opportunities, but also may produce problematic results and prove destructive to community coalitions and cohesion, regardless of whether or not they are even built
Cohesion (chemistry · Community cohesion · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Law · Public Administration · Race, History, and American Society · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |