Description: This book argues that governments have a duty of care to protect their own democratic processes from subtle degradations and that independence from the gambling industries needs to be proactively built into public sector structures and processes.
Review Quotes:
"Peter Adams presents a compelling argument about the way gambling has influenced political processes, and how it may be damaging crucial democratic institutions. His argument is all the more compelling because it is informed by the author's substantial experience in the area, as clinical psychologist, philosopher, and policy advisor. But the importance of his argument goes well beyond the impact of gambling, and shows how commercial imperatives irrevocably alter social institutions, and may damage the public good at a multitude of levels. Gambling is here to stay, but its effects are barely understood. This book makes many of them clear for the first time."
- Dr. Charles Livingstone, La Trobe University, Melbourne