Just One More Hand: Life in the Casino Economy
Autor Ellen Mutari, Deborah M. Figarten Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 feb 2015
Where jobs in the casino industry once paid well, market saturation is making it harder for workers to make it on their salaries. Through examining this shift, the contributors discuss how this could reflect similar changes for workers in different industries.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781442236677
ISBN-10: 1442236671
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 4 BW Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 157 x 237 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1442236671
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 4 BW Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 157 x 237 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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Cuprins
Preface
1: Stories from a Casino Economy
Vignette: SueBee's story
2: A City Built on Sand
Vignette: Caroline and Ruth's story
3: Going Upscale in an Era of Income Polarization
Vignette: Ken and Marlene's story
4: Dealing with Change
Vignette: Inez and Lily's story
5: The Squeeze on Service
Vignette: Aparna's story
6: Collective Voice in Turbulent Times
Vignette: Peter's story
7: Public Investment or Socialized Risk?
Vignette: Lena's story
8: The Future of the Casino Economy
Appendix: Atlantic City Casinos Timeline
Bibliography
1: Stories from a Casino Economy
Vignette: SueBee's story
2: A City Built on Sand
Vignette: Caroline and Ruth's story
3: Going Upscale in an Era of Income Polarization
Vignette: Ken and Marlene's story
4: Dealing with Change
Vignette: Inez and Lily's story
5: The Squeeze on Service
Vignette: Aparna's story
6: Collective Voice in Turbulent Times
Vignette: Peter's story
7: Public Investment or Socialized Risk?
Vignette: Lena's story
8: The Future of the Casino Economy
Appendix: Atlantic City Casinos Timeline
Bibliography
Recenzii
Mutari and Figart, labor economists who pronounce themselves 'fascinated by how people earn a living,' examine, in intriguing . . . detail, the struggles of casino workers in the post-recession U.S.. . . .The authors cast their subject as a metaphor for the larger, equally embattled American economic order. Once a thriving industry, casinos are now barely keeping afloat. As a result, many experienced casino workers are desperate for work, a situation presented as microcosmic of an economy in which many industries and governments are cutting costs to survive. The authors share stories of current and former casino employees, such as Laurel, a longtime dealer with a high hourly wage who fears that she's a target for downsizing. They also offer a detailed examination of the industry's changing fortunes, presenting unions as a force for good in employees' lives at a time of rapid change. The authors close on a somber note, sharing their thoughts on the industry's future in light of the possible legalization of online gambling.
Inspired by a simple question-'Could you build a life working in Atlantic City's booming casinos?'-Mutari and Figart investigate the complex answer's very human face. Underpinning their analyses with real-life experiences of casino housekeepers and cocktail waitresses, pit bosses and poker dealers, they find the gaming industry-and the economic footing of its employees-in flux, an apt lens for a new economic order.
Ever wonder what life in the casino is like? This fine book tells all, and it does so in the words and stories of the dignified, resourceful and dogged workers of Atlantic City, squeezed ever-more-tightly between a slow economy, corporate cost-cutting and the digital revolution.
Casinos represent the most lurid face of the service sector, and both a microcosm and a metaphor of a broader economy in which growth has become increasingly unsustainable and the risk of deindustrialization is always just a product cycle away. This vivid, up-close-and-personal look at casino work, the workers who do it, and the communities that host it, is a valuable window on the changing American economy.
Atlantic City was in decline in the 1970s with businesses closing and unemployment rising when the city bet on casinos to rescue its economy and provide decent jobs for its residents. Even as the early glitter of gambling as an economic development strategy, state and local officials doubled down on their initial bet. Just One More Hand is a masterful tale of the perils of economic development strategy gone awry, told with the analytical skills of two talented economists and seen through the eyes of a diverse group of people who depended on Atlantic City's casinos for their livelihoods.
Inspired by a simple question-'Could you build a life working in Atlantic City's booming casinos?'-Mutari and Figart investigate the complex answer's very human face. Underpinning their analyses with real-life experiences of casino housekeepers and cocktail waitresses, pit bosses and poker dealers, they find the gaming industry-and the economic footing of its employees-in flux, an apt lens for a new economic order.
Ever wonder what life in the casino is like? This fine book tells all, and it does so in the words and stories of the dignified, resourceful and dogged workers of Atlantic City, squeezed ever-more-tightly between a slow economy, corporate cost-cutting and the digital revolution.
Casinos represent the most lurid face of the service sector, and both a microcosm and a metaphor of a broader economy in which growth has become increasingly unsustainable and the risk of deindustrialization is always just a product cycle away. This vivid, up-close-and-personal look at casino work, the workers who do it, and the communities that host it, is a valuable window on the changing American economy.
Atlantic City was in decline in the 1970s with businesses closing and unemployment rising when the city bet on casinos to rescue its economy and provide decent jobs for its residents. Even as the early glitter of gambling as an economic development strategy, state and local officials doubled down on their initial bet. Just One More Hand is a masterful tale of the perils of economic development strategy gone awry, told with the analytical skills of two talented economists and seen through the eyes of a diverse group of people who depended on Atlantic City's casinos for their livelihoods.