Jawad, Caroline (2022) Foucault’s concept of governmentality, in the neoliberal discourse: how problem gamblers embrace responsibilisation. In: Current Advances in Gambling Research, 19-20 May 2022, Cardiff.
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The paper explores Foucault’s ideas about responsibilisation as a tool of neo-liberal governmentality and how gambling can be framed by in relation to the freedom of social mobility that Reith calls the ‘democracy of chance,’ where winning becomes a fantasy of liberation from the problems of everyday life. There is a dynamic between regulatory discourses producing a desire for risk and gambling within their limits; regulation is expressed by the gambler: When the fun stops stop. This reflects the gambler’s freedom to gamble, their sovereignty as a consumer with no appeal to external authority. Gambling regulatory discourses accept that ‘problem gamblers’ will be unable to exercise freedom responsibly but authorities responsible for gambling are not charged with opposing the risk and danger promoted by operators and played out through ‘problem gamblers.’ The poster will examine a general that ‘problem gambling’ is will be specifically designed beyond DSMV definitions and the data is led by interviews with ‘problem gamblers.’ despondency about effective mechanisms to minimise ‘problem gambling.’
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Institute of Management and Health > Business, Finance and Management |
| Depositing User: | Caroline Jawad |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2024 15:33 |
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2024 15:33 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2854 |
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