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Book SynopsisInvestigates the radically different worlds of work and leisure in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. This work provides an account of two years spent by the author working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses and politicians.
Trade Review"An important contribution to the sociology of work." -- Daniyal Zuberi American Journal Of Sociology "Extremely useful... Brings gambling out of the confines of literatures on deviance and pathology into the mainstream of sociology." -- Terry Austrin, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Intl Journal Of Comparative Soci
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Introduction: Dealing with Globalization Part I Behind the Tables 1. Nevada: Learning to Deal 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs at Work 3. South Africa: Gambling with Empowerment 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor Part II Beyond the Scenes 5. The Politics of Producing Service 6. Cut from the Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins 7. The Birth of Regulation: States, Stigmata, and Symbolic Capital 8. Of Dice and Men: Divergent Modes of Management Conclusion: Casino Capitalism and Politico-Performativity Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography and Reflexive Science Notes Bibliography Index
