Leisure versus economics in the development of legal gambling in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12494240 |
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| Authors | A J Veal (0000-0003-1082-0080, a School of Leisure and Tourism Studies University of Technology , Sydney , Australia, corresponding author), Rob Lynch (a School of Leisure and Tourism Studies University of Technology , Sydney , Australia) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-85 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Leisure Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1174-5398 • E-ISSN: 2159-6816 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/11745398.1998.10600867 |
| OpenAlex | W2065033561 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The paper focuses on gambling as a form of leisure and notes that, despite its prevalence around the world, it has been relatively neglected in the leisure studies literature to date. An historical approach is used to analyse the struggles between competing social and economic forces over the legitimacy of gambling in Australia, and over the development of casinos in particular. A framework for the study of leisure as a marginal, contested activity is presented. This framework focuses on competing arguments for and against gambling as espoused by various groups in the public debates over gambling policies in Australia and other Western countries. The proposition is developed that, while millions of participants are attracted to gambling as a leisure activity, the recent growth of legal opportunities to gamble in Australia, particularly in casinos, has been sanctioned almost entirely on the basis of economic arguments
Consumption (sociology · Economics · Legitimacy · Leisure activity · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Proposition · Social science · Sociology · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Law · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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