No matter of luck : a deconstruction of the Singapore state’s ‘problem gambling’ discourse and analysis of its effects on those targeted.
This paper examines the Singapore state’s “problem gambling” discourse and its effects on those categorized as “problem gamblers”. I argue that “problem gambling” fore mostly provides for the state a legitimate middle-ground to account for the simultaneity of its paradoxical positions on gambling –...
Main Author: | Gao, Zeke Sijing. |
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Other Authors: | Teo You Yenn |
Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44086 |
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