Getting the bingo hall back again? gender, gambling law reform, and regeneration debates in a district council licensing board

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-388

  Bedford, Kate Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gambling; gender; regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052906028     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663911407652     Document Type: Article

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