Bedford, Kate (2011) Getting the bingo hall back again? Gambling law reform, economic regeneration and the gendered limits of "casino capitalism". Social and Legal Studies, 20 (3). pp. 369-388. ISSN 0964-6639.
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Abstract
This article explores the gendered nature of gambling promotion as a modality of economic regeneration in the aftermath of the Gambling Act 2005. Using an exploratory case study of a district council licensing board, I examine how the gambling forms that reflect women’s gambling cultures are faring under the current legal environment, focusing on the apparent contrast between casino promotion and bingo neglect. I ask what this reveals about the intertwining of legal reform, gender, and perceptions of worthwhile risk-taking in attempts to promote local development. In particular I probe the discrepancy between the state’s legal regime (more restrictive of casinos than bingo halls) and local actors’ regeneration ambitions (centred on casinos). In this way I examine what local legal actors ‘see’ as being legally and economically necessary or possible as they encounter a new legislative landscape around gambling.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | gambling; gender; regeneration |
| Subjects: | K Law |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Law School |
| Depositing User: | Jane Pango |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2011 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2012 09:14 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27873 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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