Why the Poor Play the Lottery: Sociological Approaches to Explaining Class-based Lottery Play

Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1152-1170

  Beckert, Jens ^a   Lutter, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

culture; gambling; networks; social structure; stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890109197     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038512457854     Document Type: Article

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