Spring/Summer 2009 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

s o c i o l o g y
Making Work,
Making Trouble
The Social Regulation of Sexual Labour, Second Edition
Casino State
Legalized Gambling in Canada
Edited by James F. Cosgrave and Thomas R. Klassen
Deborah R. Brock
Making Work, Making Trouble has long been the
pre-eminent study of prostitution in Canada. This
second edition has been thoroughly updated to
include events that have occurred in the decade
since it was originally published. Detailing the
various forces that have presented prostitution as a
social problem, Deborah R. Brock examines antiprostitution
campaigns, urban development, new
policing strategies, and the responses of the media,
the courts, and governments, as well as feminist,
rights, and residents’ organizations.
Paying particular attention to rights and the
means of economic survival within global and
local realities, this edition includes new material
on recent discourse on sex trafficking, migrant sex
work, sex-worker rights organizing, and considers
the potential impact of the Robert Picton trial on
the practice of sex work. A comprehensive overview
of the crucial debates on prostitution, this edition
of Making Work, Making Trouble is a welcome
contribution to twenty-first century sociology and
criminology.
Deborah R. Brock is an associate professor in the
Department of Sociology at York University.
While there has been an
unprecedented explosion
of legalized gambling in
Canada – particularly
in the form of casinos
and electronic games –
the public has become
increasingly aware of
addictions to gambling.
Casino State is a timely
collection that examines
the controversial role of
the state as a promoter of gambling activities often
against the best interest of its citizens.
Investigating the tensions that arise from the
relationships between gambling and morality, risk,
social policy, crime, and youth problem gambling,
these essays draw upon a range of disciplines to
consider the economice benefits and social costs
of legalized gambling. A contemporary study that
raises important questions about state conduct, precarious
policy issues, public health, and addictions,
Casino State provides a necessary and comprehensive
overview of the central issues related to the
legalization and expansion of gambling in Canada.
James F. Cosgrave is an assistant professor in the
Department of Sociology at Trent University.
Thomas R. Klassen is an associate professor in the
Department of Political Science at York University.
Approx. 256 pp / 6 x 9 / May 2009
2 tables
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9828-3 £32.00 $55.00 E
Paper ISBN 978-0-8020-9557-2 £15.00 $24.95 C
Approx. 256 pp / 6 x 9 / February 2009
4 figures, 5 tables
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9688-3 £32.00 $50.00 E
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