Glozah, F., Bunn, C. , Sichali, J. M., Yendork, J. S., Mtema, O., Udedi, M., Reith, G. and McGee, D. (2023) Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 153-172. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.153)
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Abstract
Recent decades have seen gambling become a highly lucrative industry across sub-Saharan Africa. Fuelled by the democratisation of access to digital finance and internet technologies, this gambling boom has been concentrated in Africa’s urban economies, where expanding youth populations are increasingly connected to global circuits of sport, popular culture and speculative forms of consumption. This has engendered growing interest in gambling as a distinct and emerging field of academic enquiry across sub-Saharan Africa. To date, psychiatric, epidemiological and behavioural sciences have provided the dominant frame for measuring the extent of ‘problem gambling’ and addiction, but there remains the need to expand and diversify the field to encompass more critical and interdisciplinary approaches that recognise gambling as a densely significant social and cultural phenomenon. This article aims to provide a point of departure for a critical research agenda on the differentiated impacts of gambling on young people and their communities across the continent.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bunn, Dr Christopher and Reith, Professor Gerda |
Authors: | Glozah, F., Bunn, C., Sichali, J. M., Yendork, J. S., Mtema, O., Udedi, M., Reith, G., and McGee, D. |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Social Scientists working in Health and Wellbeing College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
Journal Name: | Journal of the British Academy |
Publisher: | British Academy |
ISSN: | 2052-7217 |
ISSN (Online): | 2052-7217 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © The authors 2023 |
First Published: | First published in Journal of the British Academy 11(s3):153-172 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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