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1 online resource |
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International Political Economy Series |
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International political economy series.
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| Contents |
Introduction--Reconfiguring Casino Capitalism -- Virtual Vice or Innovative Virtue? -- The US Takes a Hard Line: Stigmatizing the Internet Gambling Industry -- Antigua Responds: The Commercialization of Diplomacy -- Taking the Struggle (through the WTO) to the US -- The Global Reach of the 'Big Chill' on Internet Gambling -- The Big Implications of a Small but Straddling Case |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction--Reconfiguring Casino Capitalism -- Virtual Vice or Innovative Virtue? -- The US Takes a Hard Line: Stigmatizing the Internet Gambling Industry -- Antigua Responds: The Commercialization of Diplomacy -- Taking the Struggle (through the WTO) to the US -- The Global Reach of the "Big Chill" on Internet Gambling -- The Big Implications of a Small but Straddling Case |
| Summary |
The Antigua versus US dispute over Internet gambling makes little sense at surface level. What logic would push a tiny Caribbean state like Antigua, with a population of less than 70,000 people, to wage a protracted struggle against the United States? And, what is more, to do so via the World Trade Organization, a multilateral organization in which the US traditionally played a dominant role? Cooper examines this case in the wider context of international political economy and diplomatic context. Gambling analogies, as highlighted by the famous 'Casino Capitalism' metaphor of Susan Strange, have intensified amidst the financial crisis. Yet, this is the first major study dealing with Internet gambling as an integral albeit controversial component of the world economy. It does so by revealing both the parallels and the differences between the nature and the treatment of gambling and offshore finance |
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"In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the United States and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of "Casino Capitalism.""-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-193) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gambling industry -- Caribbean Area
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Internet gambling -- Caribbean Area
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International relations -- Antigua & Barbuda.
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Political economy -- Antigua & Barbuda.
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Internet & WWW industries -- Antigua & Barbuda.
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Finance -- Antigua & Barbuda.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
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Politics and Government.
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Gambling industry
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International economic relations
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Internet gambling
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| SUBJECT |
Caribbean Area -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Caribbean Area
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| Subject |
Caribbean Area
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230307766 |
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0230307760 |
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1349332933 |
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9781349332939 |
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