Social scientists offer analysis and seek to foster dialogue in response to the unprecedented growth of legalized gambling in Canada. Though gambling is promoted by the state as entertainment
and leisure, they say, it continues to raise political, sociological, psychological, and ethical questions. Among their topics are gambling and the formation of civil morality, gambling policy
in Canada and Australia, electronic gaming machines as a case study of government as gambling regulator and operator, and gambling-related crime in a major city. Annotation 穢2009 Book News,
Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
