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In our attempts to understand human issues we tend §to fragment or reduce them and distort them in the §process. Very often the object of study then bears §little resemblance to real life experiences and §processes. In remedy, this book proposes an §integrative framework to assist in understanding §social phenomena in general and problematic gambling §in particular. Drawing on a range of theorists from §physics, biology and social theory and following a §critique of positivist trends in the gambling §research literature, a holistic, process-based §approach is presented. This framework is then road §tested with a focus on electronic gaming §machine addiction . It is concluded that the §directions of the gambling industry have been §primarily determined by corporate principles and §imperatives and that these are deeply implicated in §problematic gambling. This book will assist people §concerned with social theory as well those who are §involved in its application to human problems and §aspirations. It includes information and ideas that §will be of interest to people from many walks of §life, including academics, policy makers, students, §support workers and activists. In our attempts to understand human issues we tend §to fragment or reduce them and distort them in the §process. Very often the object of study then bears §little resemblance to real life experiences and §processes. In remedy, this book proposes an §integrative framework to assist in understanding §social phenomena in general and problematic gambling §in particular. Drawing on a range of theorists from §physics, biology and social theory and following a §critique of positivist trends in the gambling §research literature, a holistic, process-based §approach is presented. This framework is then road §tested with a focus on electronic gaming §machine addiction . It is concluded that the §directions of the gambling industry have been §primarily determined by corporate principles and §imperatives and that these are deeply implicated in §problematic gambling. This book will assist people §concerned with social theory as well those who are §involved in its application to human problems and §aspirations. It includes information and ideas that §will be of interest to people from many walks of §life, including academics, policy makers, students, §support workers and activists.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy

• Full title: Understanding Problem Gambling
• Subtitle: The Interaction of Personal and Structural Processes
• Author: Jennifer Borrell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408
• EAN: 9783639098051
• ISBN: 3639098056
• ID: 06818830
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Weight: 544 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. November 2008

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