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The last resort:

success and failure in campaigns for casinos
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University of Nevada Press, 1990 - Law - 220 pages
An examination of the ten major campaigns to legalize casino gambling in America that were waged 1976-1986 that proposes an explanation for why legalization of casino gaming lags behind legalization of other forms of gambling. Nevada Studies in History and Political Science.
  

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Contents

Legalization as Economic
25
Painless Prosperity Challenged
42
The Gravity and Veto Models
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The Frostbelt States
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The Sunbelt States
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Obstacles to Casinos
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The last resort: success and failure in campaigns for casinos
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John Dombrink,William Norman Thompson
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About the author (1990)

John Dombrink is Professor of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine.The co-authors of "Dying Right: The Death With Dignity Movement.

William Thompson is professor of public administration

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TitleThe last resort: success and failure in campaigns for casinos
Issue 27 of Nevada studies in history and political science
AuthorJohn Dombrink
ContributorWilliam Norman Thompson
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniversity of Nevada Press, 1990
ISBN0874171407, 9780874171402
Length220 pages
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