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Gambling is now a legitimate sector of the entertainment industry. In the 1990s, opposition emerged in North America but failed to build a social movement on a large scale. This book specifically examines one of these coalitions in Vancouver, Cana-da. The local anti-gambling movement is analyzed as an expression of civic and political engagement. The study focuses specifically on the process of denouncing gambling practices and their conversion into a "public issue." The author analyzes a highly relevant current social debate.

opposition movement of gambling --- north america --- leisure --- loisirs --- sociology --- anthropologie --- engagement militant --- casinos --- vancouver --- adtivism --- construction sociale des problèmes publics --- sociologie --- critique anti-capitaliste --- social construction of public issues --- amérique du nord --- anti-capitalist critique --- mouvement d'opposition au jeu d'argent --- anthropology