Playing against all odds: pachinko and the culture of risk-taking in Japan’s crisis economy
Playing against all odds: pachinko and the culture of risk-taking in Japan’s crisis economy
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排除万难：弹珠机与日本危机经济中的冒险文化
DOI：
10.1080/02614367.2011.652156
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
W. Manzenreiter
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作者：
W. Manzenreiter
日本博彩业受到了长达20年的经济危机的严重打击。家庭收入的缩水和消费者偏好的变化，甚至在弹子球业务上也留下了印记，该业务以前曾被誉为抗衰退。本文将21世纪初日本的机器赌博理论和实践置于关于风险的社会学辩论的背景下。该报告仔细考察了日本大型博彩业的最新发展，分析了监管机构、供应商和消费者如何让自己的行为适应风险社会不断变化的社会经济环境。
The Japanese gambling industry has been badly hit by two decades of economic crises. Shrinking household incomes and shifting consumer preferences have left their marks even on the pachinko business which formerly had been hailed as recession-resistant. This paper situates theory and practice of machine gambling in Japan at the beginning of the twenty-first century into the context of sociological debates on risk. Taking a closer look at recent developments in Japan’s giant gambling industry, it analyses the way in which regulators, providers and consumers have accommodated their behaviour to the changing socioeconomic environment of the risk society.