Exploring a small town’s success in appealing EGM expansion through caring-with practices

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Author(s): Hotker, Mette ; Steele, Wendy ; Amati, Marco

Journal: Cities

Year Published: 2020

Date Added: July 22, 2020

This research offered a case study about how a local community in Australia came together to fight against EGM expansion in their small town. The researchers used the framework of “caringwith” to illustrate the case. The researchers interviewed 17 key stakeholders to generate an account of how it all started. Participants included community members, local councillors, and legal experts. The researchers explored how a community was able to mobilize a network of community relations and expertise to appeal the expansion of EGMs.

Citation: Hotker, M., Steele, W., & Amati, M. (2020). When gambling fails: Caring-with urban communities at the local scale. Cities, 100, 102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102642

Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102642

Keywords: political attitudes

Topics: Socio-political Environment

Conceptual Framework Factors: Environment - Social and Economic Impacts ; Gambling Environment ; Environment - Public Policy

Study Design: Qualitative Case Study

Geographic Coverage: Australia, Victoria

Study Population: N = 17 participants, including people who were directly involved in the small town’s case (e.g., community members, council staﬀ, and local councillors), and professionals who might or might not be directly involved (e.g., legal counsels and expert witnesses, peak body representatives)

Sampling Procedure: The researchers recruited participants via purposive sampling and snowballing procedures. They also reviewed documents to get information for this study.

Study Funding:

No funding source was declared for the study.