Doctoral Dissertation Research: Gambling with Development: The Birth of Casino Industries in South Africa and California, US

本文研究了美国和南非赌场业的快速扩张。 这些案例在行业监管和竞争结构方面有所不同：南非的竞争性、私有化赌场和加州的垄断性、受监管赌场。 虽然这两个赌场都是通过其发展土著人民的潜力而合法化的，但赌场支持者对发展的不同概念导致了不同的结构和监管。 这项研究将调查这些不同的起源和结构的后果，在这两个网站的民族志实地考察。 三个问题将是中心问题：公司与土著人民之间的财务关系、管理层与工人的关系以及与消费者的营销战略。

This dissertation investigates the rapid expansion of the casino industry in the United States and South Africa. These cases differ in industry regulation and competitive structure: competitive, privatized casinos in South Africa, and monopolistic, regulated ones in California. While both casinos were legitimated through their potential to develop indigenous peoples, different conceptions of development by casino supporters have led to different structures and regulation. The research will investigate the consequences of these different origins and structures with ethnographic fieldwork at both sites. Three issues will be central: financial relations between the corporations and indigenous peoples, management-worker relations, and marketing strategies with consumers.