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Bingo Capitalism: The Law and Political Economy of Everyday Gambling
This work explores the legal and political history of bingo and how gender shapes, and is shaped by, gambling regulation. The author argues that bingo can provide new insight into three areas of political economy: more-than-capitalist' economies; the role of regulation in shaping those economies; and the gendered nature of that regulation.
| Author(s) | By Kate Bedford (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Birmingham). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 378 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 27 Sept 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
This work explores the legal and political history of bingo and how gender shapes, and is shaped by, gambling regulation. The author argues that bingo can provide new insight into three areas of political economy: more-than-capitalist' economies; the role of regulation in shaping those economies; and the gendered nature of that regulation.
Part 1: Why Bother with Bingo? 1: Introduction 2: Why Bother with Bingo? Part 2: National Bingo Visions: Mutual Aid, Commerce, and Gender in British Gambling Debates 1900-2005 3: Eyes Down: Early State Attention to Bingo (1900-1968) 4: Maggie's Den
Kate Bedford is a Professor of Law at Birmingham Law School. She has written extensively on the sociolegal understanding of gambling and of bingo, and also on gender and politics. In 2008, she began a project on the gendered political economy of gambling
