How the South joined the gambling nation [electronic resource] : the politics of state policy innovation / Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason ; with a foreword by Theodore J. Lowi.

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Nelson, Michael, 1949-

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Publication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.Description: xiv, 263 pISBN:

9780807132548 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807132543 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Electronic books.

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363.4/2 22

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HV6721.S68 N45 2007eb

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Contents:

Introduction: the South joins the gambling nation -- Mississippi: casinos come south -- Georgia: politics and hope -- South Carolina: "we just luuuvv South Carolinians playing our lottery" -- Alabama: the governor, the churches, and the "sin legislator" -- Tennessee: "let the people decide" -- Arkansas: politics gets wacky -- Louisiana: the place where "gaming" isn't "gambling" -- Conclusion: why the South joined the gambling nation.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-251) and index.

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