Capital ventures into biology

Biosocial Dynamics in the Industry and Science of Gambling

Bibliographic Data

ID2159476
AuthorsScott Vrecko
Year2008
Volume37
Issue1
Pages50-67
Publication date2008-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03085140701760874
OpenAlexW2081541047
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited18

This paper draws upon and develops Paul Rabinow's concept of biosociality to analyse how the field of gambling research, the facts about gambling addiction and the politics of gambling regulation are in the process of transforming one another as the US gambling industry has begun to provide large amounts of funding for scientists and clinicians working on gambling problems. In particular, the paper focuses on the political economy of research that suggests that the negative consequences associated with gambling are not just social problems, but neurobiological ones. The paper introduces the notion of ‘biopolitical capital’ in order to describe how the gambling industry invests in particular kinds of research which are more likely to yield results that can be mobilized to support particular kinds of approaches to dealing with the social and personal problems associated with gambling

Addiction · Biosocial theory · Capital (architecture · Economics · Field (mathematics · Order (exchange · Personality · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Law · Social Psychology

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