Lottery Wars

Lottery Wars

Lottery Wars

Randy Bobbitt

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RLPG/Galleys
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9780739117385
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Randy Bobbitt examines the political debates and underlying communications strategies over proposed state lotteries that took place in the Southeastern United States between 1986 and 2005. Based on research from thousands of media articles, government documents, and interviews with politicians, religious leaders, and journalists,Lottery Wars brings the history of state lotteries and the persuasive strategies used to debate them up to date.

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